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petos.

betrayal, treachery, treason

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpetos/[ˈpe̞t̪o̞s̠]

  1. betrayal, treachery, treason

  2. deception, deceit

  3. fraud

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *pet'os. Equivalent to pettää (“to cheat, con, swindle, defraud, deceive, delude, mislead. betray”) + -os.

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