🔤 Perjury ✨

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URDU

جھوٹی قسم، جھوٹی بیان، جھوٹی گواہی، قسم شکنی
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
Jhooti qasam, Jhooti bayaan, Jhooti gawahi, Qasam shakani
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ENGLISH

📚noun
perjury
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈpɜː.dʒər.i/
Phonetic: /pur-jer-ee/
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DEFINITION

offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after taking a solemn oath
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

He was arrested and formally charged with perjury after video evidence contradicted his statement. Committing perjury in a federal trial carries severe prison sentences and heavy fines. The trial outcome was overturned when the primary witness was convicted of perjury. Her legal defense collapsed completely once the perjury was exposed in court. The judge reminded the jury to disregard testimony that was tainted by clear perjury.
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SYNONYMS

false oath untruthfulness false testimony dishonesty deception
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