Cryptic crossword clue
Deceiving creature holding platter 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word BETRAYING

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What does BETRAYING mean?

BETRAYING verb
  1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
  2. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
  3. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
  4. To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
  5. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
  6. To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
BETRAYING noun
  1. Betrayal

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