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单词 perjury
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Definition of perjury in English:

perjury

nounPlural perjuries ˈpəːdʒ(ə)riˈpərdʒ(ə)ri
mass nounLaw
  • The offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath.

    he claimed two witnesses at his trial had committed perjury
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That trial proceeded, I prosecuted, and the jury duly convicted him of perjury.
    • There was an inquiry, I think, because he was then subsequently convicted of perjury.
    • He was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice in relation to this case.
    • Your Honour, the prosecution witnesses committed perjury throughout the whole trial.
    • Another antique rule provided that a corporation could not be indicted for a felony like perjury.
    Synonyms
    lying under oath, violation of an oath, giving false evidence/testimony, bearing false witness/testimony, forswearing oneself, making false statements, wilful falsehood
    mendacity, mendaciousness

Derivatives

  • perjurious

  • adjective pəːˈdʒʊərɪəspərˈdʒʊriəs
    Law
    • The credible testimony presented by defence witnesses establishes conclusively that prosecution witnesses lied, and that the prosecutor suborned the perjurious testimony.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The benefits of the Witness Protection Programme cannot be perceived as encouragement to give perjurious evidence.
      • The purpose of all of this is to catch them in some misstatement, no matter how trivial, which can then be labeled as false or even perjurious.
      • It that it allows us to seek out and discredit false and perjurious statements.
      • That when push comes to shove, the bureau will take the perjurious word of her slimy psychotic husband.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French perjurie, from Latin perjurium 'false oath', from the verb perjurare (see perjure).

  • jury from Late Middle English:

    This comes from the Latin word jurare ‘to swear’. Early juries had to swear that they would give true answers to questions asked of them which related to their personal knowledge of an event they had witnessed or experienced. If you did not do this you committed perjury (Late Middle English) from the Latin for ‘false oath’.

Rhymes

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Definition of perjury in US English:

perjury

nounˈpərdʒ(ə)riˈpərj(ə)rē
Law
  • The offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.

    he claimed two witnesses at his trial had committed perjury
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Your Honour, the prosecution witnesses committed perjury throughout the whole trial.
    • That trial proceeded, I prosecuted, and the jury duly convicted him of perjury.
    • Another antique rule provided that a corporation could not be indicted for a felony like perjury.
    • He was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice in relation to this case.
    • There was an inquiry, I think, because he was then subsequently convicted of perjury.
    Synonyms
    lying under oath, violation of an oath, giving false evidence, giving false testimony, bearing false testimony, bearing false witness, forswearing oneself, making false statements, wilful falsehood

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French perjurie, from Latin perjurium ‘false oath’, from the verb perjurare (see perjure).

 
 
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