perfidy

perfidy (p[schwa]r-f[schwa]-dee).Int’l law. A combatant’s conduct that creates the impression that an adversary is entitled to, or is obliged to accord, protection under international law, when in fact the conduct is a ruse to gain an advantage. • Acts of perfidy include feigning an intent to negotiate under a flag of truce, or feigning protected status by using signs, emblems, or uniforms of the United Nations or of a neutral country.

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双语律师李明，国际知名法学院法律专业，擅长翻译各类与政府监管相关的法律文件。