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Word | Perjury |
Spanish Meaning | perjurio, ,perjurio |
criminal offense of making false statements under oath / False swearing. / false testimony while under oath / the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation. / law : the crime of telling a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth, | |
Usage | ⇒ Rather than lie under oath and perhaps be indicted for perjury, the witness chose to take the Fifth Amendment, refusing to answer any questions on the grounds that he might incriminate himself. ⇒ He was found guilty of perjury. ⇒ Another antique rule provided that a corporation could not be indicted for a felony like perjury . |
Synonyms | mendacity, bearing false witness, falsehood, lie, lying under oath, untruthfulness, deception, false swearing, falsification, lying, mendaciousness, misrepresentation, prevarication, credibility gap, deceitfulness, dishonesty, fabrication, falseness, forswearing, fraud, |
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