breach of trust
Violating someone's faith
A breach of trust is a violation of the confidence someone has placed in you, or a failure to meet the duties of a position of responsibility.
In law, it specifically refers to a trustee misusing assets they're obligated to protect.
More broadly, any betrayal of confidence qualifies: The leak was a serious breach of trust.
The phrase emphasizes that trust, once broken, is difficult to restore.
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- dishonestyDisposition toward falsehood
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- misappropriationWrongful taking of entrusted assets
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
malfeasance · defalcation · deception · double-cross · corruption · fiduciary duty · conflict of interest · perfidy · stab in the back · broken promise · violation · fraudulence · backstabbing · Judas · sold out · duplicity · snake in the grass · dirty secret
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- phrases about trustleap of faith, blind faith, in good faith, benefit of the doubt
- violationsviolation, infractions, infraction, consent violation, violations
- ethics violationsbribery, bribes, kickbacks, kickback, nepotism
breach of trustloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
faithfulness · fidelity · trustworthiness · keeping faith · true to one's word
breach of trustintegrity
Moral soundness and consistency
honor · probity · rectitude · uprightness · ethical conduct
trust, trusting, breach, trusted, mistrust, distrust, entrust, untrustworthy, trusts