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
“It’s OK to speak the truth. Do not bear false witness, senator,” shouted Mr. Walker, who said the evictions were “written about in the paper.”
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 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
In fact, he loved his neighbor and never even bore false witness against him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
