perjureverb
uk/ˈpɜː.dʒər/us/ˈpɝː.dʒɚ/perjure yourself
to tell a lie in a law court, after promising formally to tell the truth:
The judge warned the witness not to perjure herself.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- artifice
- bad faith
- be a pack of lies idiom
- canard
- charade
- cobbler
- flimflam
- forked tongue
- half-truth
- hogwash
- humbug
- make sth up
- polygraph
- pork pie
- porky
- post-factual
- post-truth
- propaganda
- stretch the truth idiom
- venal
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perjured
adjective uk/ˈpɜː.dʒəd/us/ˈpɝː.dʒɚd/
a perjured testimony
perjurer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpɜː.dʒər.ər/us/ˈpɝː.dʒɚ.ɚ/