perfidious

Example Sentences

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Samuel Pepys knew him; the British diarist thought him “a perfidious rogue.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The head of one of them, who preferred to remain anonymous, described it as a "perfidious and effective" strategy.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

“If the initial findings are confirmed, it will be a perfidious attack on our electricity infrastructure,” Stübgen said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

He also exerts a malignant perfidious influence over people who are vulnerable to such energy and temptations, but for whatever reason have not yet fully surrendered to them.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024

There was an element of chauvinism in this—the French supported their own champion and rejected the ideas of the perfidious Englishman, while Newton was, of course, very much a prophet honoured in his own country.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin