betrayal of trust

collocation in English

meaningsofbetrayalandtrust

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betrayal
noun[C or U]
us
//uk
/bɪˈtreɪ.əl/
an act of betraying someone or something, or the fact of someone or something ...
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trust
noun
uk
/trʌst/us
/trʌst/
the belief that you can trust someone ...
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(Definition ofbetrayalandtrustfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That shows that there is nobetrayaloftruston the ground that the administration may suffer in efficiency.
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In certain other circumstances abetrayaloftrustwas considered more appropriate for a tribunal of inquiry under a judge.
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It is abetrayaloftrustand a breach of pledges.
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Besides thebetrayaloftrustinvolved in leaking, there is a limit to the freedom of information owing to our cabinet system of government.
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The crime also involves abetrayaloftrust, in that people use secret information to deceive and to enrich themselves.
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The overriding fact is that such acts involve a grossbetrayaloftrust, which has the undesirable consequence of bringing great mistrust upon the innocent.
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Abetrayaloftrustis different from advocacy of an open system.
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Any proposal that goes against that is a clearbetrayaloftrust.
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There has been, at the least, abetrayaloftrustand a breach of an obligation.
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Clearly, that is abetrayaloftrust.
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It is abetrayaloftrust.
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He decleared that there was involved either a theft or abetrayaloftrust, and that the stringent rules governing the circulation of such papers had been broken.
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They are abetrayaloftrust.
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She described the actions as abetrayaloftrust.
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These misdeeds, which constitute so grave abetrayaloftrust, deserve unequivocal condemnation.
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