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
His theory had been, and still was, that those two witnesses, Kenneby and Bolster, were suborned by Dockwrath to swear falsely.
From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony
It is said in the Law, you shall not swear falsely.
From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Rosegger, Peter
Every man now, who has a cause in your civil courts, seems to think it necessary either to swear falsely himself, or to get others to do it for him.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William
