as in treachery
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
the terrible betrayal of having her best friend reveal her confidences to others
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As twelve strangers navigate lies, alliances, and betrayal in the hunt for a million-dollar prize in this new reality competition, viewers can’t stop wondering about the luxurious estate that houses all this deception.
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Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2025
Any betrayals to the commitments researchers made to those people could compromise the ability of scientists to work with them in the future.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of these protagonists endure the tedium and humiliation of involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, losing days and years to paralyzing inertia, and experiencing terrifying delusions of persecution and betrayal.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
After a number of betrayals and acts of violence, the family lands in a camp in another unnamed nation, scarred and compromised but alive.
—Lily Meyer, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2025
Any betrayals to the commitments researchers made to those people could compromise the ability of scientists to work with them in the future.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of these protagonists endure the tedium and humiliation of involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, losing days and years to paralyzing inertia, and experiencing terrifying delusions of persecution and betrayal.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
After a number of betrayals and acts of violence, the family lands in a camp in another unnamed nation, scarred and compromised but alive.
—Lily Meyer, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for betrayal
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“Betrayal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betrayal. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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