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.
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.
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a
secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
To disclose or discover, as something which
prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not
foreseen to lead into error or sin.
To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under
promise of marriage) and then abandon.
To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not
obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.