perjury

Definition of abbreviation (noun) -

a solemn assertion of a falsity

Part of speech:

Noun

Plural: perjuries

Example sentences with this word:

The already sensational trial of a star athlete turned all the more so when it turned out that a police detective had committed perjury.

Lying while on the witness stand is perjury.

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