Definition of betray

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Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally..

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Bewrayment :: Bewrayment (n.) Betrayal.
Betrayed :: Betrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Betra.
Betraying :: Betraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betra.
Peach :: Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
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 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..
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..
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher..
Bewray :: Bewray (v. t.) To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer..
Treason :: Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy..
Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
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..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret..
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
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..
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 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..
Betrayer :: Betrayer (n.) One who, or that which, betrays..
Judas :: Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.
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