BETRAYS

Scrabble

WWF

B(3) E(1) T(1) R(1) A(1) Y(4) S(1)

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Definition

verb

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
“an officer betrayed the city”
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
“My eyes have been betraying me since I turned sixty.”
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
“Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.”
To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.