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# perjury

«perjury» in Mova's school dictionary: **the crime of telling a lie in court after promising to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (perjury — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) Perjury is the crime of telling a lie in court after promising to tell the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perjury/#m1)

2) It can also mean breaking a solemn promise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perjury/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons on law and honesty it shows that lying under oath is a serious crime because courts need the truth to be fair. In stories and news it tells the reader a witness lied. Phrases: commit perjury, charged with perjury, guilty of perjury.

### examples

- Lying in court is called perjury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perjury/#x1)
- The witness was charged with perjury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perjury/#x2)
- Perjury can be punished with prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perjury/#x3)
- Before speaking, witnesses swear to tell the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perjury/#x4)
- If you commit perjury, the trial may be unfair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perjury/#x5)
- The judge warned him about perjury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perjury/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Verb phrase: «commit perjury»; a person is «a perjurer». An ordinary lie is not perjury; it must be under oath in court or a legal statement.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «perjury» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perjury/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.