swearing falsely
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I want an explanation of your reasons for swearing falsely to my identity.
From The Stronger Influence by F.E. Mills Young
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
The men could be punished for perjury in swearing falsely in their answers.
From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by W. F. Burns
Perjury is of two sorts: it either means swearing falsely or violating a former oath.
From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Paul Janet
For himself, he could not say that adequate ground had been shown for charging Bolster with swearing falsely.
From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
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