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List of meaning for betray

expose (one's country, a group, or a person) to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy

betray, bewray(verb)

reveal unintentionally

"Her smile betrayed her true feelings"

betray, sell(verb)

deliver to an enemy by treachery

"Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"

fail, betray(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"

cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander(verb)

be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

"She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag(verb)

give away information about somebody

"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

deceive, betray, lead astray(verb)

cause someone to believe an untruth

"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

to be unfaithful or disloyal to

childhood friends of movie stars often betray them by telling their secrets to the supermarket tabloids

to make known (something abstract) through outward signs

his face betrayed his exasperation with his nosy neighbor

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage

she was betrayed by a false show of friendship into covering up the crime

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