perfidy
Betekenis (Engels)
- (countable, uncountable) A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- (countable, uncountable) An illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.
- (countable, uncountable) A state or act of deceit.
Sinonieme
fraud in fact
false pretence
positive fraud
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈpɜː.fɪ.di/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Middle French perfidie, from Latin perfidia from perfidus (“faithless, treacherous, false”), from fides (“faith”); related to, for example, English fidelity.
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