under oath

idiom

law
: having made a formal promise to tell the truth in a court of law

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Becker is now on trial in Santa Clara County Superior Court in Morgan Hill for allegedly leaking the report and felony perjury for lying about it under oath. Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024 Clinton admitted to lying under oath about his affair with Lewinsky. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024 Stone was convicted in 2019 of lying under oath to congressional lawmakers to protect Trump's campaign from the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024 Ivana Trump said under oath that Trump had scalp reduction surgery in 1989. Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for under oath 

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“Under oath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20oath. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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