Dictionary

perjury en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəɹi/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman perjurie, from Latin perjūrāre (“swear falsely”), from per- + jūrāre. Displaced native Old English mānāþ (literally “false oath”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.
   • We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Forms

Deriveds

nonperjury · perjury trap

Relateds

perjure

Synonyms

false testimony · testilying · oathbreach · testiphony

Translations (54)

uk лжесві́дчення (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · cmn 偽證 /伪证 (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ar شَهَادَة زُور (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · uk кривосві́дчення (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · pl krzywoprzysięstwo (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ru клятвопреступле́ние (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · de Meineid (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · sv mened (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ko 위증 (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · tl sambampanday (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · mk лажно сведочење (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · el ψευδορκία (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · bg лъжесвиде́телство (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · fi väärä vala (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · sh krivokletstvo (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ja 偽証 (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · tr yalancı tanıklık (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · cs křivé svědectví (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · cmn 偽證罪 /伪证罪 (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ja 偽証罪 (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · no falsk forklaring (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ru лжесвиде́тельство (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ja 偽誓 (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · hu hamis tanúzás (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · it falsa testimonianza (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · mi oati teka (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ka ცრუმოწმეობა (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · cs křivá výpověď (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · be клятвапарушэ́нне (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · is meinsæri (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · tr yalancı şahitlik (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · nl valse getuigenis (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · be лжэсве́дчанне (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · no mened (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ca perjuri (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · pt perjúrio (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · la periūrium (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · tl pagbubulaan (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · eo ĵurrompo (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · fi perätön lausuma (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ga mionn bréige (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · sh krivorečstvo (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · be ілжэсве́дчанне (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · cy camdystiolaeth (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · mk кривоклетство (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · da mened (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · grc ἐπιορκία (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · da falsk forklaring (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ga mionn éithigh (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · nl meineed (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ang mānāþ (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · es perjurio (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · ro mărturie mincinoasă (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) · fr faux témoignage (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)