false witness
Example Sentences
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Why are they so willing to discard the core principle of not bearing false witness?
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2022
His mother, Lynda Bennett, 63, has been charged with assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice, after allegedly making a false witness statement.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2021
Under some circumstances, nearly every student facing a false witness confessed.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 13, 2019
At the examination of the children of Windsor Infant School, a little boy was asked to explain his idea of “bearing false witness against your neighbor.”
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2018
Okay, maybe “Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor” is only the eighth commandment, but it’s still pretty darn important.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
