treachery

English

Etymology

From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”), from Middle Dutch trek (“a trick”), from trekken (“to draw, play a trick on”). More at trick.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/, /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

treachery (countable and uncountable, plural treacheries)

Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
Treason.
(countable) An act or instance of treachery.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, OCLC 751607287, page 78:
  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.

Synonyms

Punic faith
treacherousness

Derived terms

treacher
treacherous

Related terms

trick
trickster
tricky
trickery

Translations

deliberate disregard for trust or faith

Azerbaijani: xəyanət (az), vəfasızlıq, xəyanətkarlıq, namərdlik
Bulgarian: измяна (bg) f (izmjana), предателство (bg) n (predatelstvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 背信棄義／背信弃义 (zh) (bèixìnqìyì)
Finnish: petos (fi)
French: traîtrise (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Verrat (de) m
Greek: δολιότητα (el) f (doliótita), κακοπιστία (el) f (kakopistía), επιβουλή (el) f (epivoulí)
Italian: tradimento (it) m, slealtà (it) f, inganno (it) m
Japanese: 裏切り (うらぎり, uragiri)
Kapampangan: kasukaban, kesukaban
Latin: perfidia f
Maori: kaikaiwaiūtanga, kaikaiwaiū
Russian: преда́тельство (ru) n (predátelʹstvo), изме́на (ru) f (izména), вероло́мство (ru) n (verolómstvo) (perfidy)
Swedish: svek (sv) n, förräderi (sv) n
Tagalog: kataksilan
Welsh: brad m, bradau m pl

the act of violating the confidence of another

Finnish: petos (fi)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Greek: προδοσία (el) f (prodosía)
Ancient: προδοσία f (prodosía)
Maori: kaikaiwaiū, kaikaiwaiūtanga
Russian: преда́тельство (ru) n (predátelʹstvo), изме́на (ru) f (izména)
Spanish: alevosía (es) f
Welsh: brad m, bradau m pl

treason — see treason

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Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ღალატი (ɣalaṭi)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} anbhrath m, ^{(please verify)} oirchill f