Definition of PERJURY

perjury

Plural: perjuries

Noun

  • The willful act of making a false statement under oath.
  • criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  • The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.

Examples

  • Challenging a word and being wrong feels like committing PERJURY against your own score.
  • We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

bearing false witness, lying under oath, false testimony, oathbreach, testilying, testiphony

Scrabble Score: 19

perjury: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
perjury: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
perjury: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

perjury: valid Words With Friends Word