Betray (Verb)
Meaning 1
Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 2
Reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 4
Deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 5
Cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- Pose
- Fool
- Play False
- Gull
- Put On
- Pull The Wool Over Someone's Eyes
- Bamboozle
- Cod
- Put One Over
- Personate
- Hoodwink
- Put One Across
- Befool
- Slang
- Take In
- Lead By The Nose
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Meaning 6
Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.