Synonyms for treachery
ˈtrɛtʃ ə ritreach·e·ry

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1. treacherynoun

   Synonyms:
   treacherousness

2. treacherynoun

   Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.

   Synonyms:
   treacherousness

3. treacherynoun

   The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.

   Synonyms:
   treacherousness

4. treacherynoun

   Treason.

   Synonyms:
   treacherousness

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1. treachery

   A fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of another. A deceit or deception may be designed merely to gain some end of one's own, with no intent of harming another; an imposition, to take some small advantage of another, or simply to make another ridiculous. An imposture is designed to obtain money, credit, or position to which one is not entitled, and may be practised by a street beggar or by the pretender to a throne. All action that is not honest is dishonesty, but the term dishonesty is generally applied in business, politics, etc., to deceitful practises which are not directly criminal. Fraud includes deceit, but deceit may not reach the gravity of fraud; a cheat is of the nature of fraud, but of a petty sort; a swindle is more serious than a cheat, involving larger values and more flagrant dishonesty. Fraud is commonly actionable at law; cheating and swindling are for the most part out of the reach of legal proceedings. Treachery is chiefly used of dishonesty in matters of friendship, social relations, government, or war; treachery may be more harmful than fraud, but is not so gross, and is not ordinarily open to legal redress. Treason is a specific form of treachery of a subject to the government to which he owes allegiance, and is definable and punishable at law. Compare ARTIFICE; DECEPTION.

   Synonyms:
   artifice, cheat, cheating, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, fraud, imposition, imposture, swindle, swindling, treason, trick

   Antonyms:
   fairness, good faith, honesty, integrity, truth, uprightness

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1. treachery

   Synonyms:
   insidiousness, faithlessness, perjury, betrayal, fractiousness, treason

   Antonyms:
   openness, fidelity, honor, chivalry, generosity

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1. perfidy, perfidiousness, treacherynoun

   betrayal of a trust

   Synonyms:
   perfidiousness, perfidy, treason, betrayal

2. treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidynoun

   an act of deliberate betrayal

   Synonyms:
   high treason, perfidiousness, betrayal, traitorousness, perfidy, subversiveness, treason, lese majesty

Matched Categories

1. • Dishonesty
   • Disloyalty

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1. treacherynoun

   Synonyms:
   perfidiousness, perfidy, disloyalty, TREASON, breach of faith, punic faith

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1. treacherynoun

   Synonyms:
   treason, perfidy, disloyalty, punic faith

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1. List of paraphrases for "treachery":

   treason, betrayal, perfidy, infidelity, deceit

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How to use treachery in a sentence?

1. Publilius Syrus:

   Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.

2. Joan Of Arc:

   I fear nothing but treachery.

3. Vanna Bonta:

   Because I had goodwill for all, I thought all were my friends; and then I learned of treachery, that some preferred my end. A glorious day, the one I learned the meaning of the word. It's good to know my enemies, though their reasons are absurd.

4. James. A. Kenny:

   Treachery and acrimony are the wares that endure in the family heirs.”

5. Bari Abdellatif:

   The prolonged battle for Kobani caused a lot of tensions fighters accused each other of treachery and eventually turned on each other.