Definition of betray

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Betray (v. t.) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause..

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Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret..
Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
Betrayer :: Betrayer (n.) One who, or that which, betrays..
Traitor :: Traitor (v. t.) To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
Treason :: Treason (n.) The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery..
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
Traitress :: Traitress (n.) A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
Judas :: Judas (n.) The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed..
Bewrayment :: Bewrayment (n.) Betrayal.
False :: False (a.) To betray; to falsify.
Treacherous :: Treacherous (a.) Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Accuse :: Accuse (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L..
Peach :: Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
Blood Money :: Blood money () Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser..
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer..
Delilah :: Delilah (n.) The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city..
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher..
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