perjury

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəɹi/
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Noun

perjury (countable and uncountable, plural perjuries)

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

Synonyms

oathbreach
false testimony
testilying

Derived terms

perjury trap

Related terms

perjure

Translations

deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath

Arabic: شَهَادَة زُور‎ (ar) f (šahāda(t) zūr)
Belarusian: ілжэсве́дчанне n (ilžesvjédčannje), лжэсве́дчанне n (lžesvjédčannje), клятвапарушэ́нне n (kljatvaparušénnje)
Bulgarian: лъжесвиде́телство n (lǎžesvidételstvo)
Catalan: perjuri (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 偽證／伪证 (zh) (wěizhèng, wèizhèng)
Czech: křivé svědectví n
Danish: mened c, falsk forklaring c
Dutch: meineed (nl) m
Esperanto: ĵurrompo
Finnish: väärä vala (fi), perätön lausuma
French: faux témoignage (fr) m
Georgian: ცრუმოწმეობა (crumoc̣meoba)
German: Meineid (de) m
Greek: ψευδορκία (el) f (psevdorkía)
Ancient: ἐπιορκία f (epiorkía)
Hungarian: hamis tanúzás
Icelandic: meinsæri n
Italian: falsa testimonianza f
Japanese: 偽誓 (ぎせい, gisei), 偽証 (ja) (ぎしょう, gishō), 偽証罪 (ぎしょうざい, gishōzai)
Korean: 위증 (ko) (wijeung)
Latin: periūrium n
Macedonian: кривоклетство n (krivokletstvo)
Maori: oati teka
Norwegian: falsk forklaring c, mened c
Old English: mānāþ m
Polish: krzywoprzysięstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: perjúrio (pt) m
Romanian: mărturie mincinoasă (ro) f
Russian: лжесвиде́тельство (ru) n (lžesvidételʹstvo), клятвопреступле́ние (ru) n (kljatvoprestuplénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: krivokletstvo (sh) n, krivorečstvo n
Spanish: perjurio (es) m
Swedish: mened (sv) c
Tagalog: pagbubulaan, sambampanday
Turkish: yalancı şahitlik, yalancı tanıklık
Ukrainian: лжесві́дчення n (lžesvídčennja), кривосві́дчення n (kryvosvídčennja)