Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Treachery

Treachery , noun

[Old English trecherie, trichere, Old French trecherie, tricherie, French tricherie trickery, from tricher to cheat, to trick, Old French trichier, trechier; probably of Teutonic origin. See Trickery, Trick.]

Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
Be ware, ye lords, of their treachery. — Chaucer
In the council chamber at Edinburgh, he had contracted a deep taint of treachery and corruption. — Macaulay