The Only Use of
perfidy
in
The Declaration of Independence
- He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
perfidy = betrayal
Definition:
an act of deliberate betrayal; or such behavior