perjurer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpɜː.dʒər.ər/ us/ˈpɝː.dʒɚ.ɚ/
伪证人
a person who tells lies in court when they have promised to tell the truth
The convicted perjurer is serving a four-year jail sentence.
If he intentionally makes factually incorrect statements under oath, he is both a liar and perjurer. 如果他在宣誓后故意做出与事实不符的陈述，那他既是说谎者又是伪证人。
See: perjure
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- He's an unrepentant perjurer who should lose his job unless he changes his tone.
- He has accused us of being perjurers and assassins.
- False allegations are now common, yet our criminal justice system remains unwilling to prosecute the perjurers.