On this page you'll find 3 example sentences with Perjure. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as lie and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Perjure meaning
- To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
- To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt.
- To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
Synonyms of Perjure
Using Perjure
- The main meaning on this page is: To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court. | To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt. | To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
- Useful related words include: lie.
- In the example corpus, perjure often appears in combinations such as: perjure himself.
Context around Perjure
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Perjure
- In this selection, "perjure" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, certainly, lie, immediately, himself and themselves stand out and add context to how "perjure" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include almost certainly perjure himself if and he immediately perjure himself. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "perjure" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with perjure
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He is a horrible witness and will almost certainly perjure himself if given the chance. (15 words)
They carry on the most sordid business and by the most corrupt methods… they will lie, perjure themselves, steal, cheat and mislead the public. (24 words)
Lawyers for Donald Trump—who I might be tempted to pity if they weren’t so steeped in evil—are advising him to turn down an interview with Robert Mueller lest he immediately perjure himself. (35 words)
Lawyers for Donald Trump—who I might be tempted to pity if they weren’t so steeped in evil—are advising him to turn down an interview with Robert Mueller lest he immediately perjure himself. (35 words)
They carry on the most sordid business and by the most corrupt methods… they will lie, perjure themselves, steal, cheat and mislead the public. (24 words)
He is a horrible witness and will almost certainly perjure himself if given the chance. (15 words)
Example sentences (3)
He is a horrible witness and will almost certainly perjure himself if given the chance.
They carry on the most sordid business and by the most corrupt methods… they will lie, perjure themselves, steal, cheat and mislead the public.
Lawyers for Donald Trump—who I might be tempted to pity if they weren’t so steeped in evil—are advising him to turn down an interview with Robert Mueller lest he immediately perjure himself.
Common combinations with perjure
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: