Betray
verb — past tense: betrayed ; past participle: betrayed ; present participle: betraying ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ somebody / something (to somebody) (to fall to uphold, to lead astray, to give into the hands of an enemy by deceit, to be disloyal to, to show, disclose, a traitor, a seducer) ក្បត់, ប្រព្រឹត្ដបំពានឬផ្ទុយនឹង, ប្រលោមចិត្ដ, ធ្វើឲ្យទាក់ចិត្ដ, betray one's country ក្បត់ចិត្ដ, betray a secret បញ្ចេញឱ្យគេដឹង, និយាយដើមគេ, លាក់ពុត
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ក្បត់, បង្ហាញអោយគេឃើញឬដឹង
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: betrayed ; past participle: betrayed ; present participle: betraying ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.