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
If he knows him to swear truly, it is useless for him to demand an oath: and if he believes him to swear falsely, for his own part he leads him into sin.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
"Now, you shall never more swear falsely to your king and knighthood!" cried Drost Peter, enraged.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
The practices of the people so addressed are also thus described,—"Though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely."
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John
