perjure

(pûr'jər)
tr.v. Law, -jured, -jur·ing, -jures.
To make (oneself) guilty of perjury by deliberately testifying falsely under oath.

[Middle English perjuren, from Old French perjurer, from Latin periūrāre : per-, per- + iūrāre, to swear.]

perjurer per'jur·er n.

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verb

To make untrue declarations: falsify, fib, forswear, lie², prevaricate. See true/false.

v

Definition: give false testimony
Antonyms: attest, certify, prove

IN BRIEF: To make oneself guilty of giving false testimony under oath.

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers. — William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - aflægge falsk ed

Nederlands (Dutch)
meineed plegen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Jur) faire un faux serment, se parjurer

Deutsch (German)
v. - Meineid leisten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ψευδορκώ, ψευδομαρτυρώ

Italiano (Italian)
spergiurare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - perjurar

Русский (Russian)
лжесвидетель- ствовать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - perjurar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - begå mened, svära falskt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使发伪誓, 使破坏誓言

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使發偽誓, 使破壞誓言

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 위서[위증]하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 偽誓させる, 偽証する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحلف يمينا زورا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נשבע לשקר‬

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