perjure.
To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
Meaning & usage
To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
He perjured himself.
To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt.
To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
Where this word comes from
From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.
A perjured person.
Where this word comes from
From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.
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