treachery

Meaning

1. Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
2. The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
3. Treason.
4. An act or instance of treachery.

Synonyms

betrayal

treason

perfidy

disloyalty

sellout

infidelity

deceit

faithlessness

deceitfulness

defection

fraud

treacherousness

perfidiousness

deception

hypocrisy

designs

fraudulence

duplicity

insincerity

devious

ambition

indirection

insidiousness

intrigue

trickery

falseness

mutiny

unfaithfulness

unscrupulousness

fraudulency

disingenuousness

rogue

aspiration

double-dealing

ploy

practice

pretension

rebellion

recreancy

risk

scam

sham

slick

squeal

stratagem

subtlety

subversion

subversiveness

swindle

tergiversation

treacherous

trick

tricky

twist

underhandedness

undermining

villainy

wangle

wiles

double cross

fraud in fact

hokey-pokey

snakiness

traitorousness

infedelity

false pretence

false pretense

positive fraud

villany

doublefacedness

trappiness

ambush

betray

betraying

breach of trust

cheat

cheating

chicanery

con

craftiness

danger

❗

deceiving

deceptiveness

delusion

dishonest

dissimulation

dupery

falsehood

falsity

foul deed

frame-up

greediness

guile

gyp

hazard

hoax

humbug

imposition

imposture

insurrection

jeopardy

lese majesty

lie

peril

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/

Etymology

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