perjure means A perjured person. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
perjure is pronounced /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.
noun
- A perjured person.“He comes in like a perjure, wearing papers”
verb
- To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.“He perjured himself.”
- 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.“Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.”
- To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.“And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.”