BETRAY

Definition:

1. [verb] reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
   Synonyms: bewray
   
   
2. [verb] deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
   Synonyms: sell
   
   
3. [verb] disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
   Synonyms: fail
   
   
4. [verb] be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
   Synonyms: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, wander
   
   
5. [verb] give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
   Synonyms: denounce, tell on, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
   
   
6. [verb] cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
   Synonyms: deceive, lead astray
   
   

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Related Words:

• double cross
• two-time
• play around, fool around
• sell out
• pose, impersonate, personate
• bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
• gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across

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