deceive by treachery
1deceive by treachery — index betray (lead astray) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2deceive — deceive, mislead, delude, beguile, betray, double crossmean to lead astray or into evil or to frustrate by under handedness or craft. A person or thing deceives one by leading one to take something false as true, something nonexistent as real,… …
3treachery — (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. trecherie deceit, cheating (12c.), from trechier to cheat, deceive (see TRICK (Cf. trick)) …
4treachery — noun (plural eries) Etymology: Middle English trecherie, from Anglo French, from trecher, tricher to deceive, from Vulgar Latin *triccare more at trick Date: 13th century 1. violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence ; treason 2. an act… …
5treachery — /trech euh ree/, n., pl. treacheries. 1. violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason. 2. an act of perfidy, faithlessness, or treason. [1175 1225; ME trecherie < MF, OF, equiv. to trech(ier) to deceive + erie ERY] Syn. 1. See disloyalty. Ant.… …
6treachery — treach•er•y [[t]ˈtrɛtʃ ə ri[/t]] n. pl. er•ies 1) violation of faith; betrayal of trust 2) an act of perfidy, faithlessness, or treason • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME trecherie < OF, =trech(ier) to deceive + erie ery …
7betray — I (disclose) verb acknowledge, admit, air, aperire, avow, bare, bear witness against, bring into the open, bring to light, come clean, confess, declare, detegere, divulge, double cross, expose, give away, give utterance to, impart, inform, inform …
8betray — v. a. 1. Deliver up (by breach of trust), give up treacherously, give over to the foe. 2. Violate, break, prove recreant to, let perish, be false to. 3. Violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by treachery. 4. Divulge, reveal …
9deception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Misrepresentation Nouns 1. (act of deceiving) deception, deceptiveness; falseness, falsehood, untruth; imposition, imposture, misinformation, disinformation; fraud, fraudulence, deceit, deceitfulness,… …
10fraud — n [Latin fraud fraus] 1 a: any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage; specif: a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with… …
