betray
/bɪˈtɹeɪ/ verbe B2En français : trahir, livrer
- To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly. · An officer betrayed the city.· He betrayed his own sister to the secret police.
- To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive. · to betray a person or a cause· Quresh betrayed Sunil to marry Nuzhat.
- To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- To disclose (a secret, etc.) in deliberate violation of someone’s confidence.
- To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally. · Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.
- To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
- To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
He/she/it betrays · Prétérit betrayed · Participe passé betrayed · Forme en -ing betraying
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Dans la bibliothèque
Danglars looked towards Fernand, whose excitable nature received and betrayed each fresh impression.
A false tale often betrays itself.
It was then that he encountered for the first time Villefort’s look,—that look peculiar to the magistrate, who, while seeming to read the thoughts of others, betrays nothing of his own.
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.”
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