betray

B2
Pronunciation
/bəˈtɹeɪ/
Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.

Example Sentences
  • an officer betrayed the city
2 Definition

To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

Example Sentences
  • My eyes have been betraying me since I turned sixty.
3 Definition

To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.

4 Definition

To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.

Example Sentences
  • Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.
5 Definition

To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.

6 Definition

To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.