perjury
Americannoun
plural
perjuriesnoun
Other Word Forms
- nonperjury noun
- perjurious adjective
- perjuriously adverb
- perjuriousness noun
Etymology
Origin of perjury
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English perjurie, from Anglo-French, from Latin perjūrium, from perjūr(us) “swearing falsely” ( perjure ) + -ium -ium; replacing parjure, from Old French, from Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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Price has been charged with embezzlement, perjury and having a conflict of interest, by casting votes on real estate projects whose developers had hired his wife.
From Los Angeles Times
Price, 75, is also accused of perjury for failing to include Richardson’s income on disclosure forms and embezzlement for including her on his city health insurance plan before they were legally married.
From Los Angeles Times
The perjury charges stem from Price’s alleged failure to disclose Richardson’s income on state forms.
From Los Angeles Times
“He destroyed the lives of many innocent people, which has been his history as a prosecutor. At a minimum, he committed large scale perjury!”
From Salon
Although no court found that Mr. Novick had committed perjury or any other crime, the mere allegation put him on a police blacklist.
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