treachery

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun betrayal of a trust
  2. noun an act of deliberate betrayal

Etymology

From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

perfidy, perfidiousness

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