- perjure oneself
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bear false witness, fabricate (make up), frame (charge falsely), lie (falsify), misrepresent
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
perjure oneself
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perjure oneself — LIE UNDER OATH, lie, commit perjury, give false evidence/testimony; formal forswear oneself, be forsworn. → perjure … Useful english dictionary
perjure oneself — Law commit perjury. → perjure … English new terms dictionary
perjure oneself — he made the regrettable mistake of perjuring himself Syn: lie under oath, lie, commit perjury, give false evidence/testimony; formal forswear oneself, be forsworn … Thesaurus of popular words
perjure — oneself … Thesaurus of popular words
perjure — ► VERB (perjure oneself) Law ▪ commit perjury. DERIVATIVES perjurer noun. ORIGIN Latin perjurare swear falsely … English terms dictionary
perjure — verb (perjure oneself) Law commit perjury. ↘[as adjective perjured] (of evidence) involving wilfully told untruths. Derivatives perjurer noun Origin ME (as perjured in the sense guilty of perjury ): from OFr. parjurer, from L. perjurare swear… … English new terms dictionary
perjure — perjure, forswear are comparable when they mean to violate one s oath or, when used reflexively, to make a false swearer of oneself. In general use perjure is often employed less precisely than in law, where it is a technical term meaning to make … New Dictionary of Synonyms
perjure — per·jure / pər jər/ vt per·jured, per·jur·ing: to make a perjurer of (oneself) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. perjure … Law dictionary
perjure — [pʉr′jər] vt. perjured, perjuring [ME parjuren < OFr parjurer < L perjurare < per, through + jurare, to swear: see JURY1] to make (oneself) guilty of perjury perjurer n … English World dictionary
perjure — /ˈpɜdʒə / (say perjuh) verb (t) (perjured, perjuring) to render (oneself) guilty of swearing falsely, or of wilfully making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation: *A bushman has always a mate to comfort him and argue with him … to… …
