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Meaning of testilie | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To commit perjury (as a police officer).

US, euphemistic, informal

Examples

“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.”
“Higher rank officers in New York advocated that those officers who testilied should not be prosecuted because testilying was a police tradition.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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