perfidy
Example Sentences
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Jack soon learns, in Robert Penn Warren’s saga of perfidy and corruption, that Gov. Stark is right.
A famous essay in the Baffler, “The Problem With Music,” laid out the perfidies of the major-label system, at the time still in a post-Nirvana feeding frenzy for young rock acts.
From Los Angeles Times
“Not doing so will allow perfidy to reign in this agency. You now have audit reports that indicate malfeasance by senior leadership.”
From Washington Post
Now, those who are convinced of the perfidy of cats won’t like the answers that are emerging.
From New York Times
For many older Russians, memories of World War II consist mainly of Western perfidy and Russian indomitability.
From Washington Post
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