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perjurer

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per·jure  (pûrjr)
tr.v. per·jured, per·jur·ing, per·jures Law
To make (oneself) guilty of perjury by deliberately testifying falsely under oath.
[Middle English perjuren, from Old French perjurer, from Latin perirre : per-, per- + irre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]
perjur·er n.
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Noun1.perjurer - a person who deliberately gives false testimony
false witness
liar, prevaricator - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
Translations
perjurer [ˈpɜːdʒərəʳ] N → perjuro/a m/f


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Biscarrat, repulsed by his friends, unable to accompany them, without passing in the eyes of Porthos and Aramis for a traitor and a perjurer, with painfully attentive ear and unconsciously supplicating hands leaned against the rough side of a rock which he thought must be exposed to the fire of the musketeers.
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Come in, you false witness, you perjurer, you suborner of evidence, come in
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I - a- I'll know nobody - and - a - say nothing - and - a - live nowhere - until I have crushed - to - a - undiscoverable atoms - the - transcendent and immortal hypocrite and perjurer - HEEP
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