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
"Do your worst and say your worst, Eben Graham!" said Herbert, contemptuously, "but be very careful that you do not swear falsely."
From Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune by Alger, Horatio
But the law will free them if they have really done no wrong, and, what is more, it will punish those who swear falsely against them.
From The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains or Bessie King's Strange Adventure by Stewart, Jane L.
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
