Tuesday's Word: betray

Main Entry: be·tray*
Pronunciation: bi-'trA
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from be- + trayen to betray, from Old French traïr, from Latin tradere -- more at TRAITOR
transitive senses
1 : to lead astray; especially : SEDUCE
2 : to deliver to an enemy by treachery
3 : to fail or desert especially in time of need
4 a : to reveal unintentionally b : SHOW, INDICATE c : to disclose in violation of confidence
intransitive senses : to prove false
synonym see REVEAL
- be·tray·al /-'trA(-&)l/ noun
- be·tray·er /-'trA-&r/ noun

When Murkans voted for the boy from Texas they voted for record deficits, unchecked energy prices, violating the Geneva Convention, pathological lying, arrogance and hubris, a surrender of moral authority, and thousands of our troops dead so a pathetic excuse of a man could tell his family his strings aren't being pulled by Karl Rove, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney. Joke's on us.

On THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AMENDMENT IV. (1791)

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

*Merriam-Webster