perfidy

Example Sentences

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A former JAG and current professor at Texas Tech University, Geoffrey Corn, said the U.S. has considered perfidy a crime in non-international armed conflicts.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Jack soon learns, in Robert Penn Warren’s saga of perfidy and corruption, that Gov. Stark is right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

“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