perjury
noun
the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
perjuries
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pluralof perjury.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This, Denery points out, gave liars some flexibility: They could perhaps justify their perjuries with a crop of favorable outcomes—not just for their neighbors, but for themselves too.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2015
The defense drew from Cook the admission that he had not been indicted for any of his perjuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several little harmless perjuries make an airtight case for the prosecution.
From Time Magazine Archive
But purgation was abolished after the Reformation by the statute of Elizabeth 'because it was only an outward appearance and shew of purgation, and was often the occasion of very great perjuries.'
From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various
The respectable French historian, De Thou, says that "the Vaudois keep the commandments of the decalogue, and allow among them of no wickedness, detesting perjuries and imprecations, quarrels, seditions, and all debaucheries, usury, &c. &c."
From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.
