swear falsely

Example Sentences

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“If you swear falsely to Congress, just like if you swear falsely to a court or in an affidavit, that’s a crime. It’s a felony and it can carry heavy consequences,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2019

Within a month he had persuaded two prominent members of the influential local German community to swear, falsely, that he had resided in the country for five years and to sponsor him for citizenship.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is that same low, slimy view of human nature again, that a defendant who swears in his own behalf must swear falsely.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green

To manswear comes from the Anglo-Saxon mánswerian meaning to swear falsely or to perjure oneself.

From The Evolution of an English Town by Home, Gordon

"Tell me, tell me, my belovèd, Didst thou not erewhile swear falsely?"

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich