Both Uses of
treachery
in
Oryx and Crake
- At school, he enacted a major piece of treachery against them.†
p. 60.0treachery = betrayal
- But his father (or so he believes) was too awkward and bad at lying to have become involved in full-fledged treachery and betrayal without Jimmy's mother noticing.†
p. 66.3 *
Definition:
the behavior of someone who pretends to be a friend and then tricks, cheats, or betrays