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noun
The act of a police officer giving false testimony (perjury).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, euphemistic, informal, uncountable
Topics: law
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verb
present participle and gerund of testilie
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
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).
