testilying
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The act of a police officer giving false testimony (perjury).
— Several officers also told us that the practice of police falsification in connection with such arrests is so common in certain precincts that it has spawned its own word: “testilying.“
动词 v.
- present participle and gerund of testilie
词源
词源 1
Blend of testifying + lying. Coined by New York City police officers, appearing in print in 1994 in the report of the Mollen Commission (see 1994 quotation).
词源 2
Blend of testifying + lying. Coined by New York City police officers, appearing in print in 1994 in the report of the Mollen Commission (see 1994 quotation).
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