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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Treachery \Treach"er*y\, n. [OE. trecher["i]e, trichere OF
trecherie tricherie F. tricherie trickery, from tricher to
cheat, to trick, OF trichier trechier probably of Teutonic
origin. See {Trickery}, {Trick}.]
Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence;
treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
treachery
n 1: betrayal of a trust [syn: {perfidy}, {perfidiousness}]
2: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: {betrayal}, {treason}, {perfidy}]
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