treacherous (adj.)

  1. dangerously unstable and unpredictable; treacherous winding roads; an unreliable trestle

    [ Syn: unreliable ]

  2. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; Punic faith; the perfidious Judas; the fiercest and most treacherous of foes; treacherous intrigues

    [ Syn: punic , perfidious ]

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