seditious = 'ruthlessly underhanded'

[Jonathan Lighter]

2007 Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson _Lone Survivor_ (N.Y.: Little,
Brown) 36: It was tough out there. I learned precisely how seditious and
cunning an enemy. ...I learned never to underestimate him.

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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