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
Bristling and increasingly convinced of Western perfidy and decadence, he was in many respects a changed man.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2022
And the owners of them, sullen faced, unrepentant, pushed by the Eyes against the walls of their bedrooms, while the sorrowful voice of the announcer tells us voice-over about their perfidy and ungratefulness.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing perfidy
The Declaration of Independence
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Excerpt from "The Declaration of Independence"
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