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betraying

adjective C2
  1. That betrays
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The Partridge earnestly begged him to spare his life, saying, “Pray, master, permit me to live and I will entice many Partridges to you in recompense for your mercy to me.” The Fowler replied, “I shall now with less scruple take your life, because you are willing to save it at the cost of betraying your friends and relations.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 96 · B2
“Why did you not mention his name at once?” replied the king, betraying some uneasiness.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 94 · C1
Only, might not these betraying marks have attracted other eyes than those for whom they were made?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 249 · C1
She heard the count’s sentence pronounced without betraying an expression of joy or pity; then drawing her veil over her face she bowed majestically to the councillors, and left with that dignified step which Virgil attributes to his goddesses.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 880 · C1

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