a tale of treachery and revenge
was furious that she revealed his secret and never forgave her for the treachery
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Hosted by Alan Cumming, the game of treachery and deceit returns to Peacock on Thursday, January 9th.—Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Politics is full of deceit, treachery, and betrayal. . . .—Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012 Triumph shadowed by treachery became the dynamic of both the revolution and his life.—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017 Each of these collective nouns expresses something about the communal experience—the challenges of decision-making, the loudness of many voices, the treachery of intimacy, the delights of it.—Lola Milholland, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for treachery
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Etymology
Middle English trecherie, from Anglo-French, from trecher, tricher to deceive, from Vulgar Latin *triccare — more at trick entry 1
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