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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(US, law, informal, euphemistic) 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.
Higher rank officers in New York advocated that those officers who testilied should not be prosecuted because testilying was a police tradition.
Use testilie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Testilie means (US, law, informal, euphemistic) To commit perjury (as a police officer)..
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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.
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