English-Russian translations for betray

Definition of betray

  • To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly
  • To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive
  • To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known
  • To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin

Examples

  • an officer betrayed the city
  • to betray a person or a cause
  • Quresh betrayed Sunil to marry Nuzhat.
  • My eyes have been betraying me since I turned sixty.
  • Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.

Trending Searches

Popular Dictionaries

DictionaryPro.net

DictionaryPro.net is a free online dictionary with more than 14 million translations.

Terms of Use   Cookies   Contact Us

Auf DeutschEn españolPå svenskaSuomeksiEestikeelne

Mindmax
Content is based on Wiktionary articles.
Text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
© 2004-2024 DictionaryPro.net