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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perjury.wav Forms: perjuries [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman perjurie, from Latin perjurare (“swear falsely”), from per- + jūrāre. Displaced native Old English mānāþ (literally “false oath”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|la|perjurare||swear falsely}} Latin perjurare (“swear falsely”), {{af|la|per-|jūrāre|nocat=1}} per- + jūrāre, {{ncog|ang|mānāþ|lit=false oath}} Old English mānāþ (literally “false oath”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} perjury (countable and uncountable, plural perjuries)
  1. (law) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime, Law Synonyms: oathbreach, false testimony, testilying Derived forms: perjury trap Related terms: perjure Translations (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath): ἐπιορκία (epiorkía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), شَهَادَة زُور (alt: šahāda(t) zūr) [feminine] (Arabic), ілжэсве́дчанне (ilžesvjédčannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), лжэсве́дчанне (lžesvjédčannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), клятвапарушэ́нне (kljatvaparušénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), лъжесвиде́телство (lǎžesvidételstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), perjuri [masculine] (Catalan), 偽證 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪证 (wěizhèng, wèizhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 偽證罪 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪证罪 (wěizhèngzuì, wèizhèngzuì) (Chinese Mandarin), křivé svědectví [neuter] (Czech), mened [common-gender] (Danish), falsk forklaring [common-gender] (Danish), meineed [masculine] (Dutch), ĵurrompo (Esperanto), väärä vala (Finnish), perätön lausuma (Finnish), faux témoignage [masculine] (French), ცრუმოწმეობა (crumoc̣meoba) (Georgian), Meineid [masculine] (German), ψευδορκία (psevdorkía) [feminine] (Greek), hamis tanúzás (Hungarian), meinsæri [neuter] (Icelandic), mionn bréige [masculine] (Irish), mionn éithigh [masculine] (Irish), falsa testimonianza [feminine] (Italian), 偽誓 (gisei) (alt: ぎせい) (Japanese), 偽証 (gishō) (alt: ぎしょう) (Japanese), 偽証罪 (gishōzai) (alt: ぎしょうざい) (Japanese), 위증 (wijeung) (alt: 僞證) (Korean), periūrium [neuter] (Latin), кривоклетство (krivokletstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), oati teka (Maori), falsk forklaring [common-gender] (Norwegian), mened [common-gender] (Norwegian), mānāþ [masculine] (Old English), krzywoprzysięstwo [neuter] (Polish), perjúrio [masculine] (Portuguese), mărturie mincinoasă [feminine] (Romanian), лжесвиде́тельство (lžesvidételʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), клятвопреступле́ние (kljatvoprestuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), krivokletstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), krivorečstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), perjurio [masculine] (Spanish), mened [common-gender] (Swedish), pagbubulaan (Tagalog), sambampanday (Tagalog), yalancı şahitlik (Turkish), yalancı tanıklık (Turkish), лжесві́дчення (lžesvídčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), кривосві́дчення (kryvosvídčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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          "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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          "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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          "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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          "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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          "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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          "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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          "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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          "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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          "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
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      "alt": "šahāda(t) zūr",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "شَهَادَة زُور"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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      ],
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
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    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lǎžesvidételstvo",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "лъжесвиде́телство"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "perjuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "偽證"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wěizhèng, wèizhèng",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "伪证"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "偽證罪"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "wěizhèngzuì, wèizhèngzuì",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "伪证罪"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "křivé svědectví"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "mened"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "falsk forklaring"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "meineed"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "ĵurrompo"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "väärä vala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "perätön lausuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "faux témoignage"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "crumoc̣meoba",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "ცრუმოწმეობა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Meineid"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psevdorkía",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ψευδορκία"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epiorkía",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐπιορκία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "hamis tanúzás"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "meinsæri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mionn bréige"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mionn éithigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falsa testimonianza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gisei",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "偽誓"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎしょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gishō",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "偽証"
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    {
      "alt": "ぎしょうざい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gishōzai",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "偽証罪"
    },
    {
      "alt": "僞證",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wijeung",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "위증"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "periūrium"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "krivokletstvo",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "кривоклетство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "oati teka"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "falsk forklaring"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mened"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mānāþ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krzywoprzysięstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perjúrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mărturie mincinoasă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lžesvidételʹstvo",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лжесвиде́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kljatvoprestuplénije",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "клятвопреступле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krivokletstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krivorečstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perjurio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mened"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "pagbubulaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "sambampanday"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "yalancı şahitlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "word": "yalancı tanıklık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lžesvídčennja",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лжесві́дчення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kryvosvídčennja",
      "sense": "deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кривосві́дчення"
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}

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