bear false witness
I
verb
abrogate, affirm the contrary, apostatize, be deceitful, be devoid of truth, be dishonest, be erroneous, be faithless, be fallacious, be false, be forsworn, be fraudulent, be insincere, be mendacious, be perfidious, be perjured, be spurious, be untruthful, belie, betray, break faith, contradict, deny, deviate from the truth, distort, falsely testify, falsify, forswear, go back on one's word, impugn, lie, miscite, misreport, perjure oneself, pervert, prevaricate, revoke, speak falsely, swear falsely, take back, tell a lie, utter a falsehood
associated concepts: false swearing, perjury
II
index
frame (charge falsely), lie (falsify), misrepresent, palter, perjure, prevaricate
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006