betray with a kiss verb2 •Of Judas, to kiss Jesus so as to discreetly signal to Roman soldiers that Jesus was the Christ, and as such was the one to be arrested. •To betray someone in a seemingly inconspicuous or innocuous manner.One man caught on a barbed-wire fence; one man, he resist[s]. One man washed on an empty beach; one man betrayed with a kiss. — 1984 formsbetrayed with a kiss · betraying with a kiss · betrays with a kiss