DEFINITIONS

perjury

[ pur-juh-ree ]
/ ˈpɜr dʒə ri /
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noun, plural per·ju·ries. Law.

the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.

Words related to perjury

deceitful, deceptive, delusive, delusory, double-dealing, guileful, mendacious, misleading, perfidious, perjured, shifty, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, two-timing, unreliable, untruthful, wrong, dissembling, false

Words nearby perjury

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Origin of perjury

1250–1300; Middle English perjurie < Anglo-French < Latin perjūrium, equivalent to perjūr(us) swearing falsely (see perjure) + -ium -ium; replacing parjure < Old French < Latin as above

OTHER WORDS FROM perjury

per·ju·ri·ous [per-joo r-ee-uh s] /pərˈdʒʊər i əs/, adjectiveper·ju·ri·ous·ly, adverbper·ju·ri·ous·ness, nounnon·per·ju·ry, noun, plural non·per·ju·ries.
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British Dictionary definitions for perjurious

perjury
/ (ˈpɜːdʒərɪ) /

noun plural -juries

criminal law the offence committed by a witness in judicial proceedings who, having been lawfully sworn or having affirmed, wilfully gives false evidence

Derived forms of perjury

perjurious (pɜːˈdʒʊərɪəs), adjectiveperjuriously, adverb

Word Origin for perjury

C14: from Anglo-French parjurie, from Latin perjūrium a false oath; see perjure
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