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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