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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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Today it means: The act of a police officer giving false testimony (perjury). Full definition →
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).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.