as in treacheries
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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betrayals
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These characters are reacting to a baseline that hasn’t been established yet, which makes their betrayals unmoored.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025 -
Overnight, the world is theirs — but nothing can protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.—
Nora Dahlia,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Perfidies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfidies. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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