betray
I
(disclose) verb
acknowledge, admit, air, aperire, avow, bare, bear witness against, bring into the open, bring to light, come clean, confess, declare, detegere, divulge, double-cross, expose, give away, give utterance to, impart, inform, inform against, inform on, lay bare, let slip, make a clean breast, make known, make public, own up, prodere, report, reveal, sell out, show, tattle, tell, tell on, turn informer, uncover, unearth, unfold, unmask, violate a confidence
associated concepts: confidences, privileges, professional secrets, trade secrets, trusts, wrongful disclosure
II
(lead astray) verb
abandon, abase, bamboozle, be dishonest, be false to, befool, beguile, bluff, break faith with, break one's promise, cheat, circumvent, corrupt, cozen, debauch, deceive, deceive by treachery, decoy, defile, defraud, deliver up, delude, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entice, entrap, fleece, forswear, fraud, gammon, give over to the foe, give up treacherously, hoax, hoodwink, inveigle, let down, lure, misinform, mislead, outwit, overreach, play false, prostitute, put on, put something over on, ruin, seduce, sell out, swindle, take in, trick, undo, victimize, violate
III
index
bear false witness, bilk, cheat, defect, disobey, misrepresent, palter, rebel
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006