breaches of trust
Violations of faith
Breaches of trust are violations of the confidence or responsibility placed in someone.
The phrase appears most often in legal and institutional contexts—a trustee misappropriating funds, a fiduciary acting against a client's interests, an employee sharing confidential information.
The audit revealed multiple breaches of trust by the former treasurer.
More broadly, any betrayal of confidence qualifies: His affair was a breach of trust she couldn't forgive.
- perfidyDeliberate breach of trust
- stab in the backTreachery against an ally
- defalcationMisappropriation of entrusted funds
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
misappropriation · malfeasance · betrayal · broken promises · abuse of power · violations · frauds · disloyalty · dishonesty · corruptions · deception · double-dealing · criminal negligence · perjury · misrepresentations · conflict of interest · moral turpitude · exploitation
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Fulfilling one's pledges
faithfulness · fidelity · trustworthiness · reliability · loyalty
breaches of trustfiduciary duty
Obligation to act loyally
trustworthiness · loyalty · reliability · trust-building · dependability
breaches of trustintegrity
Moral soundness and consistency
honor · uprightness · rectitude · probity · moral rectitude
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