All this for the "despicable" act of telling the truth.

"What interests them is that those who committed this despicable act will pay the price."

To my mind that stands as by far the most despicable act by any of the characters.

How can anything he does be trusted, after such a despicable act?

He also said it was important that "the despicable act would not halt the reforms in Pakistan."

How dared he think that such a despicable act would actually gain him the Crown?

The king was surely a monster, to plan such a despicable act upon two innocent people!

"I cannot think of a more despicable act, when a man's life is at stake, than to tell a premeditated lie."

Evil is an appropriate term at times as a description of despicable acts.