perjurer

/'pə:dʤərə/

Thân thiện

A witness is exposed as a perjurer in the courtroom.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who deliberately gives false testimony: A "perjurer" is someone who intentionally lies or makes false statements while under oath, especially in a court of law or other official proceeding.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The witness was exposed as a perjurer when video evidence contradicted his sworn statement.
  • A convicted perjurer may face serious legal penalties, including imprisonment.

Advanced Usage

• Legal Context: The term is almost exclusively used in legal and formal contexts to describe a specific criminal act (perjury). It carries a strong negative connotation of deceit and violation of a solemn promise.
  • The judge warned the witness that lying under oath would brand him a perjurer for life.

Variants and Related Words

• Perjury (n): The offense of willfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath.
  • He was charged with perjury for his false testimony.
• Perjure (v): To make oneself guilty of perjury.
  • He refused to perjure himself, even under pressure.

Synonyms

• False witness: A person who gives false testimony.
• Liar under oath: A more descriptive phrase for someone who lies while sworn to tell the truth.

Related Phrases

• To commit perjury: The act of giving false testimony while under oath.
  • If you lie on the stand, you will commit perjury.
• To be guilty of perjury: To be found responsible for the crime of perjury.
  • The jury found the defendant guilty of perjury.

Related Idioms

• To bear false witness: An idiom, often with biblical origins, meaning to lie or give false testimony, especially in a legal setting.
  • Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person who deliberately gives false testimony

Từ đồng nghĩa

• false witness