DECEIVE vs BETRAY: VERB
- Be false to; be dishonest with
- To trick or mislead.
- Cause someone to believe an untruth
- Deliver to an enemy by treachery
- Reveal unintentionally
- Cause someone to believe an untruth
- Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- Give away information about somebody
- Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
DECEIVE vs BETRAY: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To give a false impression.
- To catch by guile; ensnare.
- To cause to believe what is not true; mislead.
- To practice deceit.
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DECEIVE vs BETRAY: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare.
- To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.
- To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
- To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
- To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
- To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
- To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
- To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- To lead astray; deceive.
- To make known unintentionally.
- To divulge in a breach of confidence.
- To be false or disloyal to.
- To give aid or information to an enemy of; commit treason against.
- To inform upon or deliver into the hands of an enemy in violation of a trust or allegiance.
- To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
DECEIVE vs BETRAY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To cause to pass; while away.
- Synonyms To beguile, cheat, overreach, circumvent, dupe, fool, gull, cozen, hoodwink.
- In fencing, to evade, as an attack or parry, thus causing an opponent to lose the contact or feel of one's foil.
- To cause to fail in fulfilment or realization; frustrate or disappoint.
- Be false to
- Be dishonest with
- To mislead by a false appearance or statement; cause to believe what is false, or to disbelieve what is true; delude.
- . To take from; rob stealthily.
- To deliver to, or expose to the power of, an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: as, an officer betrayed the city.
- To violate by fraud or unfaithfulness; be unfaithful in keeping or upholding: as, to betray a trust.
- To act treacherously to; be disloyal to; disappoint the hopes or expectations of.
- To deceive; beguile; mislead; seduce.
- To reveal or disclose in violation of confidence; make known through breach of faith or obligation: as, to betray a person's secrets or designs.
- Disappoint, prove undependable to
- Abandon, forsake
- To indicate; give indication or evidence of: said of something not obvious at first view, or that would otherwise be concealed.
- To show in true character; allow to be seen; permit to appear in spite of will or desire.
DECEIVE vs BETRAY: RELATED WORDS
- Evade, Deceit, Manipulate, Misinform, Cheat, Fool, Defraud, Confuse, Hoodwink, Mislead, Lead on, Lead astray, Cozen, Betray, Delude
- Shop, Peach, Give away, Grass, Stag, Rat, Sell, Shit, Wander, Fail, Cuckold, Snitch, Denounce, Cheat, Deceive
DECEIVE vs BETRAY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Evade, Deceit, Manipulate, Misinform, Cheat, Fool, Defraud, Confuse, Hoodwink, Mislead, Lead on, Lead astray, Cozen, Betray, Delude
- Lead astray, Shop, Peach, Give away, Grass, Stag, Rat, Sell, Shit, Wander, Cuckold, Snitch, Denounce, Cheat, Deceive
DECEIVE vs BETRAY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Intention to deceive: Intention to deceive the other party is the essence of fraud.
- The Government must continue its efforts to stop unfair selling practices which deceive investors, and unfair trade practices which deceive consumers.
- Not only can I deceive others, but I can also deceive my own heart.
- They have to deceive themselves to deceive the abuser.
- Those scales yonder are exact; I may deceive my fellows here, but deceive God I cannot then.
- Sun cannot deceive when it gives light, a candle beside the Sunne may deceive.
- If you compare the numbers between Blind and Deceive, Deceive actually looks better.
- Trivers argues that in order to deceive others, we often deceive ourselves first.
- It is very hard to deceive others unless you first deceive yourself.
- When government officials deceive Congress, they deceive citizens.
- Twelve, because he was going to betray Him.
- Those whom I trusted did my trust betray.
- Randolph, striving not to betray too much interest.
- Judas do you betray me with a kiss?
- British might eventually betray them within the island.
- It allowed me the time to betray him.
- Did Judas make a choice to betray Christ?
- To betray a friend will seem to the moral bureaucrat less serious than to betray a legal partner.
- Then Cavendish shoots Collins in the back, reasoning that someone who would betray the Rangers could also betray his gang.
- How can you have characters betray each other or betray their own visions?
DECEIVE vs BETRAY: QUESTIONS
- Did Wells Fargo push co-workers to deceive customers?
- Did Eric lira deceive Olympic athletes by peddling drugs?
- Are people trying to deceive you on vacation rentals?
- Does documentary filmmaking violate subjects or deceive audiences?
- Does dishonesty come apart from attempting to deceive?
- What does squealer first deceive the animals about?
- Can a person deceive themselves into eating something?
- How many deceive Stock Illustration images are there?
- Did Doug Ford deceive Ontarians about autism programs?
- Did Mortenson intentionally deceive Montana State Board?
- Which best friend's brother would never betray Regulus?
- What did Mark Zuckerberg do to betray his colleagues?
- Why does Iago betray the other characters in Othello?
- Did European slave traders often betray those they supplied?
- Did Jason Donovan betray his family in New autobiography?
- Did Sydney Festival betray artists and arts organisations?
- How did Benedict Arnold betray the Continental Army?
- Why did Duncan betray the Brotherhood of Assassins?
- Did Ayatollah Khomeini betray the Iranian Revolution?
- Did Julia really betray Winston almost immediately?