2. (verb) to be treacherous, deceitful, betray.
Ki ngā whakapae a te iwi, he mea whakamoho kē rātau e ngā Mihingare, ā, whakarērea noatia ana te kāhui o Waikato e rātau (TTR 2000:84). / The people's accusation was that they had been betrayed by the missionaries, and the flock in Waikato had been abandoned by them.
3. (verb) to steal softly, go surreptitiously, go covertly, sneak.
Whakamoho ai tana haere, ka kitea e ia te wāhi ngoikore o te ope a te Ingarihi, ka whakaeke ki reira (HKW 1/9/1900:6). / He went covertly and when he discovered the weak places of the English army, they attacked there.
4. (modifier) treasonous.
Ko te kī a te kāwanatanga he mea haukoti e ia ngā reta whakamoho a Pōmare ki a Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (TTR 1990:118). / The government said that it had intercepted treasonous letters from Pōmare to Pōtatau Te Wherowhero.
