perjuring
present participle ofperjure
perjure
verb
lawuk/ˈpɜː.dʒər/us/ˈpɝː.dʒɚ/perjure yourself
totellaliein alawcourt, afterpromisingformallytotellthetruth:
Thejudgewarnedthewitnessnot to perjure herself.
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fib
- fiction
- flimflam
- lie
- mythologically
- mythologize
- perjure
- perjury
- porky
- stretch the truthidiom
- white lie
- whopper
Examplesofperjuring
perjuring
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This is because they no longer fear the consequences ofperjuringthemselves, consequences which in previous years were regarded as very serious indeed.
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It may be wrong, but they are not deliberatelyperjuringthemselves in writing these letters.
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Those are the only three possible causes for ending marriage and nobody who desires to commit bigamy can answer those questions withoutperjuringhimself in doing so.
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One brought up as a lawyer is a bit diffident aboutperjuringoneself—if one is not, then, of course, one does not mind—so one plods away.
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Aitken was subsequently sentenced to 18 months in prison forperjuringhimself in the libel case.
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