Obs. rare. [ad. med.L. trādiment-um (1190 in Du Cange), f. L. trādĕre to hand over, deliver; or a. OF. trade-, tradiment ‘treason’ (Godef.).] Treachery, perfidy, treason.
1535. St. Papers Hen. VIII., II. 264. The Tholes entred by tradyment into Powers Courte. Ibid. (1536), 362. Beyng evicted, and recovered out of our possession by tradyment.
1561. T. Hoby, trans. Castiglione’s Courtyer, II. (1577), N j b. If it be true that it is such an abhominable profit and trespace to vse tradiment against a mans very enimy.
