perjury

English

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin perjurare (“swear falsely”), from Latin per- +‎ jurare.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɝdʒəɹi/, X-SAMPA: /"p3`dZ@ri/

Noun

perjury (plural perjuries)

1. (law) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.

   We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on March 22, 2005, at Seattle, Washington.

Synonyms

• oathbreach

Translations

deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath

• Czech: křivé svědectví (cs) n
• Dutch: meineed (nl) m
• Finnish: väärä vala (fi)
• French: parjure (fr) m
• German: Meineid (de) m
• Hungarian: hamis tanúzás (hu)
• Icelandic: meinsæri (is) n

• Italian: spergiuro (it) m
• Norwegian: falsk forklaring (no) c, mened (no) c
• Russian: лжесвидетельство (ru) (lžesvidetelʹstvo) n
• Serbian: krivokletstvo, krivorečstvo
• Spanish: perjurio (es) m
• Swedish: mened (sv) c
• Turkish: yalancı tanıklık (tr)