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PERJURE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "perjure" is one way to...):

lie (tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive)

"Perjure" entails doing...:

depone; depose; swear (make a deposition; declare under oath)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They perjure themselves

Derivation:

perjurer (a person who deliberately gives false testimony)

perjury (criminal offense of making false statements under oath)

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