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as in infidelity
lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife
she was greatly pained by her husband's disloyalty
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as in betrayal
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
His disloyalty to the company led to his dismissal.
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Recent Examples of disloyalty
Political interference by Bashir's ruling political party, the officer said, had weakened the Sudanese military by repeatedly purging those suspected of disloyalty and promoting officers based on loyalty rather than competence.
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Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2012
For now, the top leader appears determined to carry on his crusade against corruption and disloyalty.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Those accused of disloyalty or dissent face brutal punishments, including imprisonment in labor camps, torture, or execution.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet Trump has a unique hold on his base, and threats of primaries in cases of disloyalty may be a permanent fixture for lawmakers to prevent opposition to Cabinet picks to mushroom over the next several weeks -- and to enforce support over next four years.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2012
For now, the top leader appears determined to carry on his crusade against corruption and disloyalty.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Those accused of disloyalty or dissent face brutal punishments, including imprisonment in labor camps, torture, or execution.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet Trump has a unique hold on his base, and threats of primaries in cases of disloyalty may be a permanent fixture for lawmakers to prevent opposition to Cabinet picks to mushroom over the next several weeks -- and to enforce support over next four years.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disloyalty
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Paquita la del Barrio rose to fame with her anthems about infidelity and heartbreak.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
21 Feb. 2025
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The 27-year-old aired her frustrations out on X on Monday night (Feb. 17), seemingly accusing Trippie Redd of infidelity.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Today’s Paper | Subscribe Explore The New York Times Magazine Inside the Murdoch Succession Drama: More than 3,000 pages of documents reveal how years of betrayals led to a messy court battle that threatens the future of Rupert Murdoch’s empire.—
John Hodgman,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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But was the company’s downfall driven by federal interference, corporate betrayal or its own unsustainable ambitions?—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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At the time of the case, Bryant admitted to adultery with a 19-year-old resort hotel worker in Colorado but denied the rape allegations, always maintaining that the encounter was consensual.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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The article included other remarks related to Carter’s faith − such as the importance of the separation of church and state, a conviction born of Carter’s Southern Baptist upbringing − but the adultery comment opened a rift with Carter’s kin in Christ.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
31 Dec. 2024
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The songs typically crop up in the final act of an episode as the tensions (and treacheries) mount.—
Mark Peikert,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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After a season of treachery and deception, the winner or winners of The Traitors UK Season 3 have been revealed.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Those intrepid few who still clung to the belief that American perfidy shielded Duke’s players from true justice just had the rug pulled out from under them by Mangum herself.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 Dec. 2024
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Putin inundates Ukraine’s airwaves with propaganda about the West’s perfidy, the West’s agonizingly slow and insufficient support of Ukraine, the West’s seeming willingness to bleed Ukraine as a proxy, Zelensky’s anti-democratic centralization of power, and the like.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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His death on February 18, 1478, followed his conviction for treason against his older brother, Edward IV of England.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Twenty-seven years after her conviction for treason, Toguri was pardoned.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Disloyalty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disloyalty. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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