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as in infidelity
lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife
his wife's perfidy was a moment of uncharacteristic weakness
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as in treachery
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
the full cost—both in compromised intelligence and in human life—of the double agent's perfidy is not yet known
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Recent Examples of perfidy
Drawing on American foreign policy circa 9/11 and the Iraq War, these pieces were huge collages of perfidies that Weinberger fashioned into a narrative of governmental misdeeds.
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Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
For a regime that has staked much of its credibility and political future on the war in Ukraine, Putin and his Kremlin allies need to keep the domestic focus on the perfidy of the foes next door.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
London audiences welcomed a scathing romp about the perfidies of global capitalism.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
This violates the prohibition to kill or injure the adversary by resorting to perfidy, Sari said.
—Ellie Kaufman, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2024
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Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
For a regime that has staked much of its credibility and political future on the war in Ukraine, Putin and his Kremlin allies need to keep the domestic focus on the perfidy of the foes next door.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
London audiences welcomed a scathing romp about the perfidies of global capitalism.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
This violates the prohibition to kill or injure the adversary by resorting to perfidy, Sari said.
—Ellie Kaufman, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfidy
Noun
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The infidelity story has been extremely well told before.Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
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What was supposed to be a happy time, however, was marred with Baskett's infidelity scandal — which played out in front of cameras.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Hosted by Alan Cumming, the game of treachery and deceit returns to Peacock on Thursday, January 9th.Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Politics is full of deceit, treachery, and betrayal. . . .Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
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The flick was a comedic noir that imagined a Hollywood where cartoons and humans live together, and the plot involved murder, adultery, blackmail and other adult topics.Victoria Edel, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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She’s getting beheaded for committing adultery with a distant cousin.Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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The film embraces heroism in the face of an oppressive regime, the strength of fraternal ties and the themes of love, betrayal, morality and hope.Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Over time, this child grows up, learning that people can be unreliable, that things fall apart and that every bond carries the risk of betrayal.Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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His initial refusal to bend the knee—even trying for a last-minute coup at the Republican convention in Cleveland with a protest speech from the stage—put him in the MAGA column for disloyalty.Philip Elliott / Houston, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
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Throughout the rest of the movie, Donald demonstrates his mastery of these methods in a relentless and brazen series of betrayals, disloyalties, cruelties.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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In June, Trump amplified a social media post calling for former Rep. Liz Cheney − the Republican co-chair of the special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters − to be put on trial for treason by a military tribunal.Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Trump in 2023 accused NBC of treason for reporting on his various legal troubles.April Rubin, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Perfidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfidy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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