n
(law) Anything forfeited or confiscated.
n
A precautionary or anticipatory measure
n
(chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
v
(transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
n
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
n
(obsolete) An adulterer.
n
(sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
v
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To weary (someone) with arguing.
v
(archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
v
Obsolete spelling of banished simple past tense and past participle of banish
v
To give an untrue testimony; to lie despite one's oath e.g. in court.
v
(transitive) To call names; insult.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To complain against; indict; accuse.
v
(idiomatic) To differ (strongly) in interpretation or opinion.
v
(transitive) To impute with guilt or fault; blame; accuse.
v
(transitive) To give a false representation of.
v
(idiomatic) To change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.
v
(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
v
(transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
v
(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
n
(idiomatic) A form of verbal abuse with the intention to make the victim feel guilty.
n
A form of punishment whereby a suspected perpetrator's peers are targeted.
v
1921, B. M. Bower, chapter 6, in Sawtooth Ranch:
n
(obsolete, law, civil law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
n
The act or process of confiscating.
n
Someone or something which curbs.
v
(simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper
n
A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.
n
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
n
(obsolete) The act of swearing solemnly.
v
(obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
n
(obsolete) A catching in the act; discovery.
n
(obsolete) A proverb or set expression.
v
Obsolete form of impeach. [To hinder, impede, or prevent.]
v
(transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
n
One who swears a false oath; perjurer.
n
Synonym of ill-gotten gains
n
(obsolete) One who importunes.
n
(law, Scotland) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged.
n
One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
n
One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a rule breaker.
v
(transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
v
(transitive, chiefly Britain, dialectal) To swear falsely; perjure oneself.
n
(obsolete) Expense; cost; disbursement.
v
To provide an erroneous proof for.
n
Breach or breaking of an oath; perjury.
n
Someone who breaks an oath.
adj
Inclined to swear oaths, or curse.
n
(obsolete) The act of obtending.
n
Someone who oppresses another or others.
v
(reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
n
(law) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.
v
(informal) To refuse to answer a question, or refuse to speak, especially when the response would reflect badly on the speaker.
v
(transitive, now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge.
v
(transitive) To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
v
Synonym of give the lie to
v
(intransitive) To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
n
(obsolete) A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
n
A person who makes a scapegoat of another person (punishes someone for another's wrongdoing)
v
(idiomatic, imperative) Expressing disagreement with an opinion expressed by another.
v
Obsolete spelling of subject [(transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.]
v
(transitive) To induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury
v
(obsolete, transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
v
(transitive) To put by fraud in the place of another.
v
(transitive, dated, colloquial) To be disagreeably incongruous with, especially in colour; to clash.
v
(US, law, informal, euphemistic) To commit perjury (as a police officer).
n
Someone who transgresses.
v
(transitive, obsolete) to betray
v
(transitive, archaic, followed by with or for, and formerly of before the object) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach
v
(transitive, Britain, Australia) To induce into fabricating a confession.
v
(chiefly Scotland) To regard (someone) as guilty, to accuse, to blame, to fault.
n
Talking to a witness, hoping to persuade them to lie, or change their opinion, about what really happened.
v
(obsolete) To denounce (a person).
v
Obsolete spelling of wray [(obsolete) To denounce (a person).]
v
Alternative spelling of wite [(chiefly Scotland) To regard (someone) as guilty, to accuse, to blame, to fault.]
v
(transitive, nonstandard, West Country) To give.
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