All 5 Uses
perjury
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Babbitt
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- And perjure yourself?†
Chpt 22perjure = break the law by telling lies after formally promising to tell the truth
- Yes, I suppose it would be perjury.†
Chpt 22 *perjury = the criminal offense of telling lies after formally promising to tell the truth
- Perjury!†
Chpt 22
- I just mean: I've known and you've known many and many a case of perjury, just to annex some rotten little piece of real estate, and here where it's a case of saving Paul from going to prison, I'd perjure myself black in the face.†
Chpt 22
- I just mean: I've known and you've known many and many a case of perjury, just to annex some rotten little piece of real estate, and here where it's a case of saving Paul from going to prison, I'd perjure myself black in the face.†
Chpt 22perjure = break the law by telling lies after formally promising to tell the truth
Definitions:
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(1)
(perjury) the criminal offense of telling lies after formally promising to tell the truth -- such as when testifying in a court trial
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)