"false witness" meaning in English

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      "form": "false witnesses",
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "false witness (usually uncountable, plural false witnesses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "perjurer",
          "perjurer"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "knight of the post"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a perjurer",
          "word": "valapatto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a perjurer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "faux témoin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "psevdomártyras",
          "sense": "a perjurer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ψευδομάρτυρας"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pseudomártus",
          "sense": "a perjurer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ψευδομάρτυς"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a perjurer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ainteastach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a perjurer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "świadek fałszywy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lžesvidételʹ",
          "sense": "a perjurer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лжесвиде́тель"
        }
      ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: slander, calumny, libel, defamation, lying, lie"
        },
        {
          "text": "to bear false witness ― to perjure oneself"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deceptive public statements."
      ],
      "id": "en-false_witness-en-noun-SuzHf2gm",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, countable) Deceptive public statements."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perjury"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "deceptive public statements",
          "word": "väärä todistus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "deceptive public statements",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "faux témoignage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "psevdomartyría",
          "sense": "deceptive public statements",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ψευδομαρτυρία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "deceptive public statements",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "świadectwo fałszywe"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "false witness"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "false witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
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      },
      "expansion": "false witness (usually uncountable, plural false witnesses)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perjurer",
          "perjurer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "knight of the post"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: slander, calumny, libel, defamation, lying, lie"
        },
        {
          "text": "to bear false witness ― to perjure oneself"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deceptive public statements."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, countable) Deceptive public statements."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perjury"
        }
      ],
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a perjurer",
      "word": "valapatto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a perjurer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faux témoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psevdomártyras",
      "sense": "a perjurer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ψευδομάρτυρας"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pseudomártus",
      "sense": "a perjurer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ψευδομάρτυς"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a perjurer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ainteastach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a perjurer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "świadek fałszywy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lžesvidételʹ",
      "sense": "a perjurer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лжесвиде́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deceptive public statements",
      "word": "väärä todistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deceptive public statements",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faux témoignage"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psevdomartyría",
      "sense": "deceptive public statements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ψευδομαρτυρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deceptive public statements",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "świadectwo fałszywe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "false witness"
}