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Definition
the behavior of someone who pretends to be a friend and then tricks, cheats, or betrays
- At school, he enacted a major piece of treachery against them.p. 60.0
- 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
There are no more uses of "treachery" in Oryx and Crake.
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