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perjury
[pur-juh-ree]
noun
plural
perjuriesthe willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
perjury
/ ˈpɜːdʒərɪ, pɜːˈdʒʊərɪəs /
noun
criminal law the offence committed by a witness in judicial proceedings who, having been lawfully sworn or having affirmed, wilfully gives false evidence
Other Word Forms
- perjurious adjective
- perjuriously adverb
- perjuriousness noun
- nonperjury noun
- ˈܰdzܲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of perjury1
Example Sentences
Last year, Kurz was found guilty of perjury for giving false testimony to a parliamentary committee.
In 1967, The Times investigated the doings of harbor commissioners, and a grand jury, following up on that, called for indictments of past and present commissioners for perjury and criminal conflicts of interest.
She has been charged with certifying that address as her own under the penalty of perjury.
Noting that he had attested to the veracity of his declaration under penalty of perjury, she threw out his entire expert declaration and refused to allow Ellison to file a corrected version.
But in a plot twist reminiscent of one of his books, Archer withdrew from the race a few months later after it was alleged he had committed perjury in a famous libel case.
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Related Words
- deception
- dishonesty
- falsehood
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