false witness

English

Noun

false witness (usually uncountable, plural false witnesses)

1. (countable) A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness.

   to bear false witness ― to perjure oneself

2. (uncountable, countable) Deceptive public statements.

Synonyms

• (a perjurer): knight of the post

Hyponyms

• (deceptive public statements): slander, perjury, calumny, libel, defamation, lying, lie

Translations

a perjurer

• French: faux témoin m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ψευδομάρτυς m (pseudomártus)

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• Irish: ainteastach m
• Russian: лжесвиде́тель (ru) m (lžesvidételʹ)