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betray::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fail |
| Type of | let down, disappoint |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deceive, lead astray |
| Type of | mislead, misinform |
| Has types | put on, dupe, pull the wool over someone's eyes, fool, pose, gull, hoodwink, impersonate, play false, lead by the nose, take in, personate, cod, bamboozle, befool, snow, slang, put one over, put one across |
| Derivation | betrayer |
Examples of betray
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The young people have a practical surface but betray something plaintive within.
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Up in front, Tosca is singing her passionate heart out, about to betray her man.
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In the meantime, we betray our nation's best values when we jump to conclusions.
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One Nosairi would not betray another, and would hardly not betray an unbeliever.
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And unlike any deity, the sun won't change it's mind and betray us anytime soon.
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As a result, based on the payoffs above, prisoner A should logically betray him.
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When did SyFy betray its roots of terrible alien movies and Stephen King movies?
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After reaching the island, Will suspects Jack may betray him and knocks him out.
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My face must betray me, for Muhammad relents and offers Austrian as a compromise.
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- Reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
- Deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
- Fail: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
- Cheat on: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
- Denounce: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- Deceive: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
- Betrayal (or backstabbing) is the breaking or violation of a presumptive social contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. ...
- Betrayal (Norwegian: Lu00F8perjenten) is a 1981 Norwegian drama film directed by Vibeke Lu00F8kkeberg, starring Lu00F8kkeberg and Helge Jordal.
- (Betrayal (2003 film)) Betrayal (also known as Lady Jayne: Killer) is a thriller film released in 2003. The film stars Erika Eleniak, Julie du Page, Adam Baldwin, James Remar and Louis Mandylor.
