treacheries

Noun

treachery (countable and uncountable, plural treacheries)

1. Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
   • Suddenly, in the midst of high-camp treachery and sleuthery, each character does a star turn, breaking out in song.2002 January 3, Joan Dupont, “MOVIE GUIDE : 8 Femmes”, in The New York Times
2. The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
3. Treason.

   Synonyms:

   perfidy

4. (countable) An act or instance of treachery.
   • These submerged treacheries left an atmosphere. Even two such practised obliterators of their species as Bradly and Podson could not fail to note that each was secreting a certain reservation of opinion on the other.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 78

   Synonyms:

   Punic faith, prodition, treacherousness, betrayal, breach of promise, breach of trust, double-dealing, Judas kiss, perfidiousness, perfidy