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perjury
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[ˈpəːdʒ(ə)ri], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath
(e.g: he claimed two witnesses at his trial had committed perjury)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French perjurie, from Latin perjurium ‘false oath’, from the verb perjurare (see perjure)
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