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perjure

verb transitive

[L. perjuro; per and juro, to swear; that is, to swear aside or beyond.]

perjur. Willfully to make a false oath when administered by lawful authority or in a court of justice; to forswear; as, the witness perjured himself.

noun

A perjured person.