☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Perfidy

A prohibited act of war involving the invitation of an adversary's confidence that they are entitled to protection under international humanitarian law, with intent to betray that confidence, such as feigning surrender or displaying the Red Cross emblem.

Etymology: Latin 'perfidia' (treachery, faithlessness) · Category: International Humanitarian Law · Source: Additional Protocol I, Art. 37 (1977)
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