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Word entry · 9 letters

treachery

Best crossword clue

"Betrayal"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/Part of speech nounSorted aceehrrtyStarts with TEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2R3E4A5C6H7E8R9Y

Definitions

  1. an act of deliberate betrayal

Word origin

From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”).

Used in a sentence

  • Suddenly, in the midst of high-camp treachery and sleuthery, each character does a star turn, breaking out in song.
  • These submerged treacheries left an atmosphere. Even two such practised obliterators of their species as Bradly and Podson could not fail to note that each was secreting a certain reservation of opinion on the other.

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