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• n  betrayal of a trust
• n  an act of deliberate betrayal

• Hector said that it was a case of ignominious perfidy when the authors failed to give him credit for research and analysis.
• Duped by perfidious bankers, Sharon is loathe to invest in any bank whatsoever.
• The attack across the borders, even when the ambassador was negotiating peace, could only be termed as perfidy.

• perfidiousness
• treachery
• betrayal
• treason

News & Articles

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• An NSA drama goes crackpot
  Journalist Glenn Greenwald has enthralled paranoids on the right and the left with torrid tales of government perfidy but at some point even his ardent fan base will have to step back, take a look at the self-dramatization and conclude that this story is ripe for rapid deflation.
  Aug. 24, 2013 - Seattle Times

Quotes

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• Barbara Flynn Currie in USA Today
  We stand here today because of the perfidy of one man: Rod Blagojevich,said Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, a Democrat who chaired a special impeachment committee. "To overturn the results of an election is not something that should be...
• Gordon Smith in New York Times
  He is not guilty of perfidy, but I do believe he is guilty of believing bad intelligence and giving us the same,Smith said.
• Jack Valenti in USA Today
  Valenti called it a day "that will live in perfidy."