Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
| Käännös | |
|---|---|
| Substantiivit | |
| 1. | perfidia {f} |
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
- (legal) Specifically, in warfare, an illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.
- A state or act of deceit.
Esimerkit
- Stratagems must be carefully distinguished strategy from perfidy, since the former are allowed, whereas the latter is prohibited.
- Abuse of a protective emblem amounts to perfidy and constitutes a war crime under the customary law of armed conflict.
- Ruses of war are legitimate so long as they do not involve treachery or perfidy on the part of the belligerent resorting to them.
- Germans could not get over the perfidy of it. It was unbelievable that the English, having degenerated to the stage where suffragettes heckled the Prime Minister and defied the police, were going to fight.
- Honda Motor Co. is the latest victim of e-mail perfidy, which started when a phony chain letter promised that the automaker would give away free cars.
- Letterman roared about the perfidy of lying politicos.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | perfidies |