perfidy
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Perfidy, lies, cruelty and bigotry are in most cases not offenses that can successfully be prosecuted in court.
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2021
Power and Perfidy Without stretching historical parallel too far, one can perceive in world events today certain startling resemblances to those times devoid of international order.
From Time Magazine Archive
Replied Bookbinder: "Perfidy is always possible, but we cannot live on the basis that an adversary may not live up to an agreement."
From Time Magazine Archive
Now let Abigail with a soft Sigh mutter to her self: Ah! poor Lady, I am afraid it is not in your power alone to revenge your Husband's Perfidy!
From The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love by Fielding, Henry
Yet he persisted in his Perfidy and Ingratitude towards his best Friends, even till his last Moments, by alienating the King from a Mollak, whom he had often promised to recommend for his Successor.
From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de
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The Declaration of Independence
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