2 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
the behavior of someone who pretends to be a friend and then tricks, cheats, or betrays
- They persisted in changing colour sometimes, and they would be occasionally dilated and contracted by something like a faint pulsation; then, they gave a look of treachery, and cruelty, to the whole countenance.2.7 — Monseigneur in Town (61% in)
- He knew, as every one employed as he was did, that he was never safe; that flight was impossible; that he was tied fast under the shadow of the axe; and that in spite of his utmost tergiversation and treachery in furtherance of the reigning terror, a word might bring it down upon him.3.8 — A Hand at Cards (67% in)
There are no more uses of "treachery" in A Tale of Two Cities.
Typical Usage
(best examples)