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betray
verb as in be disloyal
Weak matches
- be unfaithful
- bite the hand that feeds you
- blow the whistle
- break faith
- break promise
- break trust
- break with
- commit treason
- deliver up
- double-cross
- go back on
- inform against
- inform on
- let down
- play Judas
- play false
- sell down the river
- sell out
- stab in the back
- take in
- turn in
- turn informer
- turn state's evidence
- walk out on
Example Sentences
“He betrayed the trust placed in him as a public official who was responsible for working with law enforcement to ensure public safety,” Ryan said in the sentencing memo.
“It is reckless and betrays both common sense and public trust.”
But that the truth eventually will out is clear from the moment he puts on the phony face, and that at some point, those who trusted him will feel betrayed.
"I am your justice. And, for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution."
In so doing, these nations didn’t merely betray their Western civilizational inheritance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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