perjury

Definitions


[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)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French perjurie, from Latin perjurium ‘false oath’, from the verb perjurare (see perjure)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries