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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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.
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason..
Betraying :: Betraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betra.
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
Split :: Split (v. i.) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
Peach :: Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
Betrayment :: Betrayment (n.) Betrayal.
Judas :: Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.
Traitress :: Traitress (n.) A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
Delilah :: Delilah (n.) The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress..
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
Traitor :: Traitor (v. t.) To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher..
Betrayal :: Betrayal (n.) The act or the result of betraying.
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..
Tray :: Tray (v. t.) To betray; to deceive.
Aceldama :: Aceldama (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed..
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..
Accuse :: Accuse (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L..
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