English-Finnish translations for perjure

• vannoa väärä vala

Definition of perjure

• To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court
• To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt
• To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations
• A perjured person

Examples

• He perjured himself.

Related words

• perjury
• perjurer
• superjumbo