perjury

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The charge must persistently and resentfully and remorselessly dwelt upon is that Mr. Rockefeller's contribution is incurably tainted by perjury--perjury proved against him in the courts.

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  1. noun Law The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath.
  2. noun The breach of an oath or promise.

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  • The word perjury was caught up in her thoughts with a dim notion of punishment. —  Death of a Peer - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 10: 1940
  • Because what led to the perjury was concealing an $8.4 million payout from city coffers to settle a whistleblower suit brought by cops who'd been fired for investigating, among other things, the murder of a stripper named Strawberry who, prior to her death, was allegedly beat up by Kilpatrick's wife when she caught her entertaining her husband. —  Latest Articles
  • The trial court increased Skilling's guideline level by two for obstruction of justice -- perjury during his —  TalkLeft
  • The deal calls for Kilpatrick to plead guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice by committing perjury, agreeing to serve four months in jail, pay up to $1 million in restitution, and serve five years 'probation. —  Independent Conservative
  • Under the deal Kilpatrick decided to plead guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice by committing perjury, agreed to serve four months in jail, pay up to $1 million in restitution, and serve five years 'probation. —  News | Entertainment | Politics | Nightclubs - GaySocialites.com
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English periurie, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin periūrium, from periūrāre, to perjure; see perjure.

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  1. Early modern English also perjurie, perjuree; from Middle English perjurye, from Old French perjurie, Parjurie F. parjure = Provencal perjuri = Spanish Portuguese perjurio = Italian perjurio, pergiurio, pergiuro, from Latin perjurium, a false oath, from perjurus, one who breaks his oath: see perjure, n.
 

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