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perjury

The offence of deliberately making a false statement on oath (or affirmation) when appearing as a witness in legal proceedings, on a point material to the question at issue. In Britain and the USA it is punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both.
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Over the years we had grown used to marital infidelities, indiscretions in public lavatories, even the odd staged disappearance, outbreak of purgery or show trial.
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