Crossword-Solution: TREACHERY 9 letters, 16 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 17

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Word Word Type Definition
Treachery n. Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence;
treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.

We have 16 clues for the answer “TREACHERY”

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Perfidious business. 1 answer
SPECTRE specialty 1 answer
Traitor's act 1 answer
Wilful betrayal 1 answer
COMMITMENT (ant.) 3 answers
FIDELITY (ant.) 9 answers
treason 9 answers
Stab in the back 10 answers
high treason 13 answers
BACKSTABBING 14 answers
Double-dealing 16 answers
disloyalty 18 answers
perfidy 18 answers
bad faith 28 answers
roving eye 30 answers
betrayal 57 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with TREACHERY (5)

Therefore being condemned by each for his treachery, he was driven forth from the light of day, and henceforth concealed himself in dark hiding-places, flying always alone and at night.
Aesop’s Fables Aesop 2000
Every man nowadays was a spy upon his fellows: the most innocent word uttered in jest might at any time be brought up as a proof of aristocratic tendencies, or of treachery against the people.
The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy 1993
Our faith came down to us through centuries of believing ancestors; what right had you, or any one, to disturb it? Where was your honor, where was your shame_?” The missionary’s anguish of remorse and sense of treachery were as bitter and persecuting and unappeasable, now, as they had been in the former case.
What Is Man? And Other Stories Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993
TREACHERY The day following the coming of Vas Kor to the palace of the Prince of Helium great excitement reigned throughout the twin cities, reaching its climax in the palace of Carthoris.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Tom went to bed that night planning vengeance against Alfred Temple; for with shame and repentance Becky had told him all, not forgetting her own treachery; but even the longing for vengeance had to give way, soon, to pleasanter musings, and he fell asleep at last with Becky’s latest words lingering dreamily in his ear— “Tom, how _could_ you be so noble!” CHAPTER XXI Vacation was approaching.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993

Quotes with TREACHERY (3)

It is not history. But I am beginning to wonder strongly what is the nature of history. Is it only memory in decent sentences, and if so, how reliable is it? I would suggest, not very. And that therefore most truth and fact offered by these syntactical means is treacherous and unreliable. And yet I recognise that we live our lives, and even keep our sanity, by the lights of this treachery and this unreliability, just as we build our love of country on these paper worlds of mi…
Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture
It's worse than treachery. He's using force. Is that worse than guile?
Pamela Dean The Dubious Hills
You can trust everyone to be human, with all the quirks and inconsistencies we humans display, including disloyalty, dishonesty and downright treachery. We are all capable of the entire range of human behavior, given the circumstances, from absolute saintliness to abject depravity. Trusting someone to limit their sphere of action to one narrow band on the spectrum is idealistic and will inevitably lead to disappointment. On the other hand, you can decide to trust that everyon…
Stephen Russell Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao: A Spiritual Handbook for the Urban Warrior
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT.

Used 3 times in crossword archives (1969–2021).