perjury
pronunciation
How to pronounce perjury in British English:
UK [ˈpɜ:dʒəri]
How to pronounce perjury in American English:
US [ˈpɜrdʒəri]
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- Noun:
- criminal offense of making false statements under oath
Word Origin
- perjury
- perjury: see just
- perjury (n.)
- late 14c., "act of swearing to a statement known to be false," via Anglo-French perjurie (late 13c.) and Old French parjurée "perjury, false witness," both from Latin periurium "a false oath," from periurare "swear falsely," from per- "away, entirely" (see per) + iurare "to swear" (see jury (n.)). Related: Perjurious.
Example
- 1. Oates was even convicted of perjury and escaped imprisonment .
- 2. He has been charged with perjury in a related scottish case .
- 3. Andy coulson , his former communications director , was charged with perjury .
- 4. He was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice , and sentenced to 34 months in prison .
- 5. Even though cuba and venezuela had objected to the perjury charges at first , they were outraged by the verdict .