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perfidy

[pur-fi-dee] / ˈpɜr fɪ di /




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Perfidy, lies, cruelty and bigotry are in most cases not offenses that can successfully be prosecuted in court.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2021

Replied Bookbinder: "Perfidy is always possible, but we cannot live on the basis that an adversary may not live up to an agreement."

From Time Magazine Archive

Power and Perfidy Without stretching historical parallel too far, one can perceive in world events today certain startling resemblances to those times devoid of international order.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perfidy whose like history does not know was committed by the Kingdom of Italy against both allies.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

Perfidy is a foul thing with strangers, and how much more with kinsfolk?

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John




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