People may feel cheated/ betrayed by somebody in authority who they trusted to look after their interests. If somebody takes you in, they may do it by acting a part and using words and charm …

To inform upon or deliver into the hands of an enemy in violation of a trust or allegiance: "City investigators betrayed him to his bosses as a whistle-blower" (Selwyn Raab).

The meaning of BETRAYED is treacherously abandoned, deserted, or mistreated. How to use betrayed in a sentence.

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They betrayed their country by selling its secrets to other governments. He was betrayed (to the authorities) by one of his students.

If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them. When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence, I keep my word. [VERB noun] The President betrayed them …

BETRAYED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of betray 2. to not be loyal to your country or a person, often…. Learn more.

to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country. to be unfaithful in guarding, maintaining, or fulfilling: to betray a trust.

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