as in libel
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the crime of telling a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth
He was found guilty of perjury.
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Recent Examples of perjury
And, now that Mosby has been convicted for fraud and perjury, Cumming’s decision to not waver in holding her accountable looks all the better.
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David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
The 18th Judicial District Attorney's office announced in a Friday post on X that James Toliver Craig faces two additional charges of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree and solicitation to commit perjury in the first degree.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
Harry and a group including Hugh Grant are now pushing for police to investigate NGN over perjury and broader cover-ups.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
The petitioner has attested under penalty of perjury to the accuracy of its claims and has a substantial interest in enforcing its rights.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
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David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
The 18th Judicial District Attorney's office announced in a Friday post on X that James Toliver Craig faces two additional charges of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree and solicitation to commit perjury in the first degree.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
Harry and a group including Hugh Grant are now pushing for police to investigate NGN over perjury and broader cover-ups.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
The petitioner has attested under penalty of perjury to the accuracy of its claims and has a substantial interest in enforcing its rights.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjury
Noun
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Freedman has suggested that Gottlieb was responsible, at least in part, for the bombshell New York Times article regarding Lively’s accusations against Baldoni, who is currently suing the publication for libel and false light invasion of privacy.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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Baldoni is suing Lively, Reynolds, and their PR rep for defamation and extortion, as well as the NYT for libel.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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Russian politicians and state media were thrilled to hear the U.S. president backing their insulting and obvious lies.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2025
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What follows is the unearthing of an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes far beyond her own life, leading to the discovery of a psychology experiment on a pair of twins – once hailed as a revolutionary success but now revealed to be a terrible lie affecting thousands around the world.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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The suit cites the recent Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action and highlights civil rights cases in its argument, a new tactic many scholars have called a gross distortion of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.—
Bernhard Warner,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Only in the sense that all art, in stitching the contours and distortions of experience, is identity art.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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Even Gizelle called it out, saying Mia’s fabrications always seem a little too convenient for the storyline.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
24 Feb. 2025
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And then, the shipyard, operating in the shadow of HII’s busy Ingalls vessel fabrication facility and down the road from Austal USA’s thriving manufacturing site in Mobile, Alabama, may not have the workers needed to take on such a big project.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Perjury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjury. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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