Perfidy

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  • noun. Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery.
  • noun. The act or an instance of treachery.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Breach of faith or trust; base treachery; faithlessness.
  • noun. Synonyms See perfidious.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
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  • noun. A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
  • noun. Specifically, in warfare, an illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.
  • noun. A state or act of deceit.
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  • noun. an act of deliberate betrayal
  • noun. betrayal of a trust
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    avarice  barbarity  betrayal  deceit  depravity  
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    Words with the same meaning
    betrayal  deceit  dirty pool  dirty trick  dirty work  
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