Perfidy

But much as she loved England she was very loud in denouncing what she called the perfidy of the mother to the brightest of her children. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The day the nadir of his perfidy is brought to light, he will effectively have put the lives of hundreds of thousands — maybe even millions of Americans and more worrisome to him — American Interests (“Cha-CHING!”) in exponentially greater jeopardy than before. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One that routinely engages in perfidy, intentionally targets civilians, uses hospitals, schools and mosques to hide and fire rockets, transports its soldiers and material using ambulances marked with the red crescent, refuses to abide by a unified command structure, refuses to wear distinctive insignia, .... is not comparable to a “freedom fighter” in any respect except the trivial. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I await the response of someone that believes that perfidy is acceptable in killing Mr. Awlaki. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In my readings of British history generally, the word perfidy arises quite often. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It would be naive to think that human perfidy is not capable of depriving some of its members of these ingredients so that they can do no more and must depart. ❋ Unknown (1974)

Beria was more treacherous, more practiced in perfidy and cunning, more insolent and single-minded, than my father. ❋ Unknown (1969)

But the major perfidy is American, since at various stages C.I.A. agents are working both with and against Uighur separatists, the Chinese government, Britons and one another. ❋ By JAMES FALLOWS (2009)

Its videos praise fighters and rocket-launching teams; its broadcasts insult the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, for talking to Israel and the United States; its children’s programs praise “martyrdom,” teach what it calls the perfidy of the Jews and the need to end Israeli occupation over Palestinian land, meaning any part of the state of Israel. posted by GayandRight @ 10:37 AM ❋ GayandRight (2008)

“Though I can still suffer when I recall her perfidy, I still laugh at her expression of entire conviction and sweet satisfaction that I must die, or at any rate sink into perpetual melancholy,” de Marsay went on. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Today the Pentagon said that was a violation of the international law of armed conflict, which prohibits what is known as perfidy or treachery, because it makes it very difficult for the U.S. to accept surrenders. ❋ Unknown (2003)

But even had he been able to recognize her, he could not have suspected that her perfidy was the occasion of his misfortune. ❋ John Boyle O'Reilly (1867)

I give him up to her lash -- _le traître_ -- but perhaps he thought he was doing right: and at all events there are not flatterers wanting, to call his perfidy patriotism. ❋ Unknown (1827)

Third, he explained, the misuse and abuse of humanitarian symbols for purposes of launching attacks is called the perfidy principle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As Prof. Louis Rene Beres points out, the use of human shields constitutes "perfidy" under Article 147 of the Geneva Convention IV defining the laws of war. ❋ Unknown (2009)