| VERB | communication | perjure | knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury |
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| Sounds | per'jher | |
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| Rhymes | Alger ... wager: 53 rhymes with jher... | |
| Meaning | knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They perjure themselves | |
| Entails | swear, depose, depone | make a deposition |
| Caused by | suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony |
| Broader | lie | tell an untruth |
| Spanish | perjurar | |
| Nouns | perjurer | a person who deliberately gives false testimony |
| perjury | criminal offense of making false statements / statements under oath | |
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