perfidy
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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
At least Lester had the decency to weep at his act of perfidy.
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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The Declaration of Independence
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