false witness

/fɔls ˌwɪtnɪs/
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Other forms: false witnesses

Definitions of false witness
  1. noun
    a person who deliberately gives false testimony
    synonyms: perjurer
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    type of:
    liar, prevaricator
    a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
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