Perjury

//ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəɹi//

Synonyms for "perjury" (44 found)

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Translations

53 translations across 37 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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  • ἐπιορκία noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Arabic

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  • شَهَادَة زُور noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Belarusian

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  • клятвапарушэ́нне noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • лжэсве́дчанне noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • ілжэсве́дчанне noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Bulgarian

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  • лъжесвиде́телство noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Catalan

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  • perjuri noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 偽證 /伪证 noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • 偽證罪 /伪证罪 noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Czech

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  • křivá výpověď noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • křivé svědectví noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Danish

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  • falsk forklaring noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • mened noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Dutch

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  • meineed noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • valse getuigenis noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Esperanto

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  • ĵurrompo noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Finnish

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  • perätön lausuma noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • väärä vala noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

French

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  • faux témoignage noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Georgian

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  • ცრუმოწმეობა noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

German

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  • Meineid noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Greek

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  • ψευδορκία noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Hungarian

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  • hamis tanúzás noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Icelandic

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  • meinsæri noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Irish

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  • mionn bréige noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • mionn éithigh noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Italian

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  • falsa testimonianza noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Japanese

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  • 偽証 noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • 偽証罪 noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • 偽誓 noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Korean

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  • 위증 noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Latin

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  • periūrium noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Macedonian

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  • кривоклетство noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Māori

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  • oati teka noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Norwegian

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  • falsk forklaring noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • mened noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Old English

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  • mānāþ noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Polish

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  • krzywoprzysięstwo noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Portuguese

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  • perjúrio noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Romanian

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  • mărturie mincinoasă noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Russian

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  • клятвопреступле́ние noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • лжесвиде́тельство noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • krivokletstvo noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • krivorečstvo noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Spanish

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  • perjurio noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Swedish

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  • mened noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Tagalog

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  • pagbubulaan noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • sambampanday noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Turkish

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  • yalancı tanıklık noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • yalancı şahitlik noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Ukrainian

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  • кривосві́дчення noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)
  • лжесві́дчення noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Welsh

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  • camdystiolaeth noun (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath)

Sample sentences

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If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, your church, and your king, you are conventionally held to deserve moral admiration even if you have never done a single kind or generous or useful action.

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It was the court's finding that the witness committed perjury.

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In a court of justice women are more often found guilty of perjury than men.

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The US judicial system and press are incredible: One day you're a poor exemplary housewife, victim of a rape, the next, you're an illegal immigrant, having committed perjury and being suspected of whitewashing drug money.

Source: tatoeba (971302)

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