perfidies
Acts of betrayal
Perfidies is the plural of perfidy—acts of deliberate betrayal or treachery, especially violations of trust or faith.
The word carries a formal, literary weight and often appears in contexts of diplomatic or political betrayal: The treaty was undone by a series of perfidies.
History remembers the perfidies of those who broke their oaths.
Deliberate violation of trust
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
- selloutCompromiser of integrity
defection · breach · sedition · mutiny · sabotage · undermining · subversion · disloyalty
Deliberate misleading behavior
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
trickery · deceit · cunning · falseness · two-facedness · dissembling · mendacity · disingenuousness
Deception for financial gain
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
falsification · con · grift · imposture · flimflam · bunco · charlatanism · sham
Devising a secret plan
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
insurrection · rebellion · cabal · sedition · connivance · complicity
treachery
Deliberate violation of trust
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
sellout · defection · breach · sedition · mutiny · sabotage · undermining · subversion · disloyalty · faithlessness
duplicity
Deliberate misleading behavior
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
artifice · trickery · deceit · cunning · falseness · two-facedness · dissembling · mendacity · disingenuousness · craftiness
swindle
Deception for financial gain
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
embezzlement · falsification · con · grift · imposture · flimflam · bunco · charlatanism · sham · fake
plotting
Devising a secret plan
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
coup · insurrection · rebellion · cabal · sedition · connivance · complicity
perfidiesloyalties
Faithful bonds to causes
fidelities · faithfulness · allegiances · devotions · constancies
perfidiesnoble deeds
Morally admirable actions
virtues · integrities · good faith · fair play · righteousness