betray, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

betray (betrays 3rd person present) (betraying present participle) (betrayed past tense & past participle )

1  verb 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...  V n
♦ betrayer  (betrayers plural) n-count
She was her friend and now calls her a betrayer.

2  verb If someone betrays their country or their friends, they give information to an enemy, putting their country's security or their friends' safety at risk.
They offered me money if I would betray my associates...  V n
♦ betrayer  n-count
`Traitor!' she screamed. `Betrayer of England!'

3  verb If you betray an ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs.
We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment.  V n
♦ betrayer  n-count
Babearth regarded the middle classes as the betrayers of the Revolution.

4 verb If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to., (Antonym: conceal) She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing... V n