(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
When I tell someone I will not ~ his confidence I keep my word...
The President ~ed them when he went back on his promise not to raise taxes.
VERB: V n, V n
~er (~ers)
She was her friend and now calls her a ~er.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone ~s 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 ~ my associates...
The group were informers, and they ~ed the plan to the Germans.
VERB: V n, V n to n
~er
‘Traitor!’ she screamed. ‘Betrayer of England!’
N-COUNT
3.
If you ~ an ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs.
We ~ the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment.
VERB: V n
~er
Babearth regarded the middle classes as the ~ers of the Revolution.
N-COUNT
4.
If you ~ a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to.
She studied his face, but it ~ed nothing...
? conceal
VERB: V n