under oath

idiom

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

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The investigations come amid another federal probe into whether two ICE officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis. Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026 Special prosecutors indict Kim Keon Hee and former Prime Minister Han on charges of abetting Yoon’s imposition of martial law, falsifying and destroying official documents and lying under oath. ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026 That includes Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who received a 23-year prison sentence for attempting to legitimize the decree by forcing it through a Cabinet Council meeting, falsifying records and lying under oath. CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026 The investigations come amid another federal probe into whether two ICE officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis. Jim Mustian, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for under oath

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