betrayal of trust

Synonyms

treason betrayal infidelity disloyalty sedition lese-majesty high treason co-option co-optation perfidiousness breach of trust recreancy mistakenness

Antonyms

loyalty allegiance dedication fealty

Examples

I go to movies expecting to have a whole experience. If I want a movie that doesn't end, I'll go to a French movie. That's a betrayal of trust to me. A movie has to be complete within itself; it can't just build off the first one or play variations. Joss Whedon

Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to you. That almost always involves a betrayal of trust. Aldrich Ames

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo. Aldrich Ames

Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that he'd seen and done and been involved with. This is not really espionage; there's no betrayal of trust. Aldrich Ames

Words in the phrase

betrayal of trust

Close letter words and terms

betrayable betrayal betrayal of one's homeland betrayer betraying betrayingly