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Definition: Treachery |
TreacheryNoun1. Betrayal of a trust. 2. An act of deliberate betrayal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "treachery" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: TreacherySynonyms: betrayal (n), perfidiousness (n), perfidy (n), treason (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Delusion, gullery; juggling, jugglery; slight of hand, legerdemain; prestigiation, prestidigitation; magic; conjuring, conjuration; hocus-pocus, escamoterie, jockeyship; trickery, coggery, chicanery; supercherie, cozenage, circumvention, ingannation, collusion; treachery; practical joke. |
Improbity | Perfidy; perfidiousness; Adjective: treachery, double dealing; unfairness; Adjective: knavery, roguery, rascality, foul play; jobbing, jobbery; graft, bribery; venality, nepotism; corruption, job, shuffle, fishy transaction; barratry, sharp practice, heads I win tails you lose; mouth honor; (flattery). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Treachery |
| English words defined with "treachery": betray ♦ Fraudful ♦ Practisant, Prodition ♦ sell ♦ Traitory. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "treachery": Acid, Adam and Eve ♦ Blanket, Bones, Bridge, Burns ♦ Captive, Carthaginian Faith, Cats, Cut ♦ Jailer, Johnstone ♦ King Ban ♦ Machiavellism, Mouse ♦ Negro ♦ Oilcloth ♦ Roast ♦ Salutations, Scarlet Fever, Spirit or Specter ♦ Thigh, Trenches ♦ Usurer ♦ Vaccinate, Vault ♦ Wagon, Wig, Will ♦ Zacocia. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "treachery": Felony ♦ Practisant ♦ Traitory, Treacher. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You can laugh, but I have witnessed a millennium of treachery and oppression from the males of the species, and I have nothing but contempt for the whole libidinous lot of them. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Treachery is everywhere. (The Godfather: Part III; writing credit: Mario Puzo; Francis Ford Coppola) Where men who have known treachery and treason can still light torches in the caves of honor. (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon) | |
Lyrics | December whispers of treachery (December; performing artist: Collective Soul) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Treachery Rides the Trail (1949) Trails of Treachery (1928) Timberland Treachery (1922) Jungle Treachery (1917) Flames of Treachery (1917) | |
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 | Marines of the 4th Regiment, 6th Division, come ashore at Yokosuka during initial landings in the Tokyo Bay area, 30 August 1945. They are in full battle gear in preparation for any treachery from the Japanese. Their LCVP is from USS Waukesha (AKA-84), and they appear to be pulling a 75mm pack howitzer. In the distance are the Japanese battleship Nagato (in the center) and Yokosuka dockyard facilities (at right). Credit: NAVY. |  | Japan's aggressor: Admiral Yamamoto His was the daring execution of a brilliant treachery / / Arthur Szyk, N.Y., 1941. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Celestial goodness had in some sort taken him by treachery. |
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| "Treachery" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.50% of the time. "Treachery" is used about 202 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.5% | 201 | 21,536 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 202 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cold from liberal terrorism treachery treason war war | 7 |
treachery | 7 |
shadowbane treachery | 3 |
image magritte treachery | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "treachery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | verraad (betrayal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tradhti (betrayal, defection, disloyalty, double cross, falsity, perfidy, recreancy, tergiversation, treason, untruth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غدر (disloyalty, falsity, foul, perfidy, play false), خيانة (betrayal, cheating, deception, disloyalty, double cross, faithlessness, infidelity, perfidy, sell out, treason, unfaithfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | коварна постъпка, предателство (bad faith, betrayal, disloyalty, sellout), подлост (abjection, bad faith, baseness, meanness, turpitude, villainy), измяна (apostasy, betrayal, double dealing, judas kiss, perfidy, treason, turnabout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '戈 (intrigue, Treacherousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zrada (betrayal, lese majesty, perfidy, sellout, treason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verraad (betrayal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | perfido (betrayal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نارو, غدر (Treason), خیانت (Betrayal, Guile, Perfidy, Rat, Treason, Untruth(Ful)), بی وفاءی (Treason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | petos (betrayal, deceit, deception, fraud). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | traîtrise, parjure, fourberie (trickery), déloyauté. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ferried (betrayal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verrat (betrayal, perfidiousness, perfidy, treacheries, treason, treasons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κακοπιστία (perfidy, treacherousness), προδοσία (betrayal, double cross, lese majesty, sellout, squeal, treason), επιβουλή, δολιότητα (deceitfulness, faithlessness, fraudulence, fraudulency, snakiness, trappiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעיל" (embezzlement, fraud, fraudulent conversion, peculation, sacrilege), מעל (above, atop, deception, embezzlement, fraud, on, on top of, supra, upward of), בו'"ות (betrayal), בו'" ות, ב'י"ות (betrayal, infidelity), ב'י"" (betrayal, disloyalty, giveaway, perfidy, sell out, treason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | árulás (betrayal, delation, foul play, give away, perfidy, policy of scuttle, treason), hűtlenség (breach of faith, disaffection, disloyalty, faithlessness, perfidy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pendurhakaan (insurgency, rebellion), kecederaan (see: percederaan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tradimento (betrayal, treason), slealt (disloyalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 逆心 , 野望 (ambition, aspiration, designs), 野心 (ambition, aspiration, designs), 裏切り (betrayal, perfidy), 異心 (intrigue), 二心 (double-dealing, duplicity), 反逆 (insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, treason), 悪逆無" (atrocity, treason), 悪逆 (atrocity, treason), 弐心 (double-dealing, duplicity), 叛逆 (insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, treason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎゃくし" (treacherous retainer), うらぎり (betrayal, perfidy), ふた""ろ (double-dealing, duplicity), にし" (binary, double-dealing, duplicity, herring, postscript, PS), いし" (dignity, intrigue, restoration, surviving retainer, treacherous designs), あくぎゃくむどう (atrocity, heinous, treacherous, treason), あくぎゃく (atrocity, treason), やし" (ambition, aspiration, designs), やぼう (ambition, aspiration, designs), は"ぎゃく (insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, treason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 배반 (Betraying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | traitoorys (treason), moteyrys, kialgeyrys (deceit, deceitfulness, double dealing, hypocrisy, imposture), kialg (calculation, craft, craft slyness, craftiness, deceit, duplicity, fiddle, fizz, guile, insidiousness, perfidiousness, sedition, subtlety, swindle, swizzle), brahderaght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | traishon (betrayal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eacherytray traição (betrayal, double-dealing, monkey business, perfidy, recreancy, treason). (various references) trãdare (betrayal, betraying, breach of faith, perfidy, punic faith, treason), vânzare (offtake, sale, treason), perfidie (cattiness, devilry, falsity, foulness, hollowness, perfidiousness, perfidy, subtlety). (various references) предательство (betrayal, foul play, foulness, perfidy, sellout, traitorousness, treacherousness). (various references) foill (deceit, fraud), feall, cealg (deceit, guile, hypocrisy). (various references) izdaja (betrayal, sellout, stab, treason). (various references) traición (betrayal, sellout, treason). (various references) svek (betrayal, deceit, deception, false pretences, fraudulence, fraudulency, guile, sell out, swindle), förräderi (betrayal, perfidy, sell out, treason). (various references) kalleşlik, ihanet (betrayal, defection, infidelity, judas kiss, sellout), hainlik (betrayal, dastardliness, disloyalty, foul play, insidiousness, judas kiss, perfidiousness, perfidy, recreancy, treason, ungratefulness, villainy), hıyanet (betrayal, infidelity, perdify). (various references) dцnьklik, дhtiяalanlyk (perfidy). (various references) віроломство (perfidy), зрадницький вчинок. (various references) sự phản bội (betrayal, perfidiousness, perfidy), sự phụ bạc, h nh động lừa lọc, h nh động dối trá, h nh động bội bạc. (various references) bradwriaeth (treason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dole, doli, dolis, dolo, dolorum, dolos, dolum, dolus, insidiae, insidiarum, insidias, insidiis, perfidia, proditus. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | trecherie. (various references) |
| Old North French | 1200-1500 | trique. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Kings Chapter 9, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epestreyen iwram taV ceiraV autou tou fugein kai eipen proV ocozian doloV ocozia |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Convertit autem Ioram manum suam et fugiens ait ad Ahaziam insidiae Ahazia |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe Joram turnede his hond, and fleeyinge seith to Ochosie, Busschementis! busschementis! |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then Joram, turning his horses in flight, said to Ahaziah, Broken faith, O Ahaziah! |
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| Language | 2 Kings Chapter 9, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Ug giliso ni Joram ang iyang mga kamot, ug mingpadalagan, ug miingon kang Ochozias, May pagluib, Oh Ochozias. |
| Chinese | 約 蘭 就 轉 車 逃 跑 、 對 亞 " 謝 說 、 亞 " 謝 阿 、 反 了 。 |
| Croatian | Joram okrenu i udari u bijeg govoreæi Ahazji: "Izdaja, Ahazja!" |
| Danish | Da drejede Joram omkring og flygtede, idet han roabte tiIAhazja: "Svig, Ahazja!" |
| Dutch | Toen keerde Joram zijn hand, en vlood, en zeide tot Ahazia: Het is bedrog, Ahazia! |
| Finnish | Silloin Jooram käänsi vaununsa ja pakeni, huutaen Ahasjalle: "Kavallus, Ahasja!" |
| French | Joram tourna bride et s`enfuit, et il dit Achazia: Trahison, Achazia! |
| German | Da wandte Joram seine Hand und floh und sprach zu Ahasja: Es ist Verräterei, Ahasja! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Ini pengkhianatan, Ahazia!" teriak Yoram sambil membelokkan keretanya lalu melarikan diri. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pada masa itu dibalikkanlah raja Yoram rata itu dengan tangannya, lalu lari sambil katanya kepada Ahazia: Adalah khianat, hai Ahazia! |
| Italian | Allora Ioram si volse indietro e fuggì, dicendo ad Acazia: «Siamo traditi, Acazia!». |
| Maori | Na ka huri nga ringa o Iehorama, a rere ana, me te karanga ano ki a Ahatia, He kopeka, e Ahatia! |
| Norwegian | Da vendte Joram om og flyktet, og han ropte til Akasja: Det er forræderi, Akasja! |
| Portuguese | Então Jorão deu volta, e fugiu, dizendo a Acazias: Há traição, Acazias! |
| Rumanian | Ioram a sucit frknele wi a fugit, zicknd lui Ahazia: ,,Vknzare, Ahazia!`` |
| Swedish | Då svängde Joram om vagnen och flydde, i det han ropade till Ahasja: "Förräderi, Ahasja!" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Treachery" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: teachery, trachedy, trachery, Treacey, treachary, treachers, treachory, trecherie, Treichler, Truchart, tyremaker. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "treachery" (pronounced tre"kherē) |
| 3 | -kh er ē | archery, butchery, century, debauchery, hatchery, penitentiary. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-r-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: archery, caterer, charter, cheater, hectare, reacher, rechart, recheat, recrate, reteach, retrace, teacher, terrace, tracery, yachter. | |
-3 letters: aether, archer, artery, career, carter, cerate, charry, cheery, cherry, cherty, crater, create, earthy, eatery, ecarte, etcher, hearer, hearty, heater, hereat, rachet, rather, reechy, rehear, reheat, retear, tearer, terrae, thecae, tracer. | |
-4 letters: arete, carer, caret, carry, carte, cater. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-r-r-t-y" | |
+3 letters: hyperreactor. | |
+4 letters: archaeopteryx, cryotherapies, hypermetrical, hyperreactive, hyperreactors, oystercatcher, secretaryship, treacherously. | |
+5 letters: electrotherapy, heterokaryotic, hyperkeratotic, hyperrealistic, oystercatchers, secretaryships. | |
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