Definition of betray

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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..

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Traitor :: Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer..
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason..
Tray :: Tray (v. t.) To betray; to deceive.
Betrayal :: Betrayal (n.) The act or the result of betraying.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally..
Bewray :: Bewray (v. t.) To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.
Judas :: Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.
Betrayer :: Betrayer (n.) One who, or that which, betrays..
Accuse :: Accuse (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L..
Traitress :: Traitress (n.) A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
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..
Delilah :: Delilah (n.) The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress..
Treacherous :: Treacherous (a.) Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret..
Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
False :: False (a.) To betray; to falsify.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
Betraying :: Betraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betra.
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