Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

testilying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: testi-ly-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of a police officer giving false testimony (perjury).

American usage; Informal; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of testilie

Example Sentences

"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.“"
"“Testilying,” police fabricating evidence or lying in court, is a type of police corruption."
"Shadow vigilantism can also be seen in the conduct of officials within the system who feel morally justified in subverting the system because they see it as regularly and indifferently producing failures of justice.[…] It’s also apparent in police “testilying” to subvert search and seizure technicalities (and judicial toleration of it) and in prosecutorial overcharging to compensate for past perceived justice failures."

Etymology

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).

Usage

Questions

What does testilying mean?: The act of a police officer giving false testimony (perjury).
Where does testilying come from?: 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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