noun · formal
perjury
UK/ˈpɜːdʒəri/US/ˈpɜːrdʒəri/PER·ju·ry
Band 6-7task2speaking
the crime of lying after taking an oath in a court of law
Examples
“The witness was later charged with perjury when videotape showed she lied.”
“Committing perjury can lead to fines and imprisonment.”
“Perjury undermines the justice system.”
Band 8 sentence
“The prosecutor argued that the witness had willfully committed perjury to protect the defendant.”
Collocations
- commit perjury
- convicted of perjury
Word family
perjure verbperjury noun
Common mistakes
lie→perjury
false testimony→perjury
Say it for a higher band
5lie→6false testimony→7+perjury
Synonyms
lying under oath
Easily confused
lie
“He lied during the interview about his past employment.”
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