He had to perjure himself to protect his family.
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Perjure
//ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "perjure" (4 found)
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Translations
20 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- лъжесвидетелствам verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Catalan
1 entries- perjurar verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 作伪证 verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Czech
1 entries- křivopřísežnictví verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Danish
1 entries- mened verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Dutch
1 entries- meineed plegen verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Finnish
1 entries- vannoa väärä vala verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
French
1 entries- parjurer verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
German
3 entries- eine Falschaussage machen verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
- einen Meineid schwören verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
- lügen verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Hungarian
1 entries- hamisan tanúzik verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Latin
2 entries- peierō verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
- periūrō verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Old English
1 entries- forswerian verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Polish
1 entries- krzywoprzysięstwo verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Russian
1 entries- лжесвидетельствовать verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Slovak
1 entries- krivoprísažníctvo verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Spanish
1 entries- perjurar verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Swedish
1 entries- begå mened verb (knowingly make a false statement of witness)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
He perjured himself.
Source: wiktionary
Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.
Source: wiktionary
And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.
Source: wiktionary
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