Definition of betray

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Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon..

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Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
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..
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer..
Prevaricator :: Prevaricator (n.) One who betrays or abuses a trust.
Treason :: Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy..
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..
Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep..
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..
Judas :: Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.
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..
Accuse :: Accuse (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L..
Betraying :: Betraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betra.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret..
Betrayment :: Betrayment (n.) Betrayal.
Betrayed :: Betrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Betra.
Split :: Split (v. i.) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
Delilah :: Delilah (n.) The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress..
Betrayal :: Betrayal (n.) The act or the result of betraying.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
Peach :: Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
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