All 4 Uses of
treachery
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Nicholas read this passage very often, and the more he thought of it the more he began to fear some treachery upon the part of Ralph.†
Chpt 29 *
- If the energy of man can compass the discovery of your fraud and treachery before your death; if wealth, revenge, and just hatred, can hunt and track you through your windings; you will yet be called to a dear account for this.†
Chpt 53
- 'To offer to the unhappy subject of your treachery, at this last moment,' replied Nicholas, 'a refuge and a home.†
Chpt 54
- The cant of the lying world is, that men like me compass our riches by dissimulation and treachery: by fawning, cringing, and stooping.†
Chpt 56
Definition:
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(treachery) the behavior of someone who pretends to be a friend and then tricks, cheats, or betrays