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testilied

testilied is the simple past and past participle of testilie.

Meaning of testilie

Verb

testilie (third-person singular simple present testilies, present participle testilying, simple past and past participle testilied)

  1. (US, euphemistic, informal) To commit perjury (as a police officer).
    • In Manhattan, grand jury prosecutors are urged to interview police officers separately if there is any possibility they may be fabricating evidence or about to testilie.1999 January, Larry Cunningham, “Taking on Testilying”, in Criminal Justice Ethics, volume 18, →DOI, pages 26–40

Questions about testilied

What is testilied the simple past and past participle of?
Testilied is the simple past and past participle of testilie.

Words near testilied in the dictionary

  1. testifiest
  2. testifieth
  3. testify
  4. testifying
  5. testilie
  6. testilied
  7. testilies
  8. testily
  9. testilying
  10. testimonial
  11. testimonialise

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