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perfidy

[pur-fi-dee] / ˈpɜr fɪ di /




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He has persisted in insulting the leaders of these countries for failing to bail him out of his jam, writing long screeds on social media that rail against their alleged perfidy.

From Salon Mar. 19, 2026

Unaware of Samary’s perfidy, Gomina, 50, ordered Samary to meet him at QRF headquarters to organize a team to rescue Issa and his family.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

“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 Nov. 27, 2022

Now, those who are convinced of the perfidy of cats won’t like the answers that are emerging.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2022

I was cold, unconfident, obsessed by perfidy, and solitude, and fear.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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 May 8, 2024

Swinton Byrne’s own reactions to her fictional lover’s perfidies were more indignant, and less compliant, than what we see onscreen as Julie’s.

From The New Yorker May 13, 2019

Gathering up great and infamous political speeches, his juxtapositions compare and contrast passions and perfidies with subtlety and wit, ranging across the French, Flemish, American and German tongues.

From The Guardian Aug. 27, 2012

Spendius asked himself; and as he expected to profit by every disorder, he felt grateful to Narr' Havas for the future perfidies of which he suspected him.

From Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert

Here have I been going up and down the world with him for years, and I never knew him until now, never knew the black heart of him, and his abominable perfidies.'

From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang




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