5
dob
4
bamboozle(verb, honest)
3
hoodwink(verb, cause, honest)
3
lead by the nose
3
snow
2
Snow
2
betray(verb, cause, fail, abandon, deliver)
2
pull the wool over someone's eyes
1
abandon(verb, fail, deceive, desert, betray)
1
be disloyal(verb, abandon, deceive, desert, seduce)
1
be unfaithful(verb, abandon, deceive, desert, seduce)
1
beguile(verb, cause, fail, abandon, deliver)
1
bite the hand that feeds you(verb, expression, idiom, abandon, deceive)
1
blow the whistle(verb, expression, idiom, abandon, deceive)
1
bluff(verb, cause, abandon, honest, deceive)
1
break faith(verb, expression, fail, abandon, deliver)
1
break promise(verb, expression, abandon, deceive, desert)
1
break trust(verb, expression, abandon, deceive, desert)
1
break with(verb, expression, abandon, deceive, desert)
1
bunk(verb, fail, abandon, deliver, surrender)
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