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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
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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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