as in deceived
to make a statement one knows to be untrue
would I lie to you about that?
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Recent Examples of lied
Stainton challenged the psychiatrist on many of her findings and repeatedly asked why Ryan believes Horner’s story about the cocaine when the defendant lied about other things.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
Several times, Savitt alleged that Musk lied about his feelings about AI safety and charities.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
The testimony claimed agents lied about their vehicles being boxed in, or claimed there were threats of being shot by people who didn't have a gun.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
In another case, the SPLC said intel from the informant program was passed to law enforcement and led to the conviction of a man who lied about his ties to a white supremacist group while requesting national security clearance.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
The judge also found that Madigan lied repeatedly and willfully when testifying in his own defense during the trial.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Amanda was an advertising executive at D&D Advertising who fought and lied her way to the top.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Jones had repeatedly lied and posited baseless conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook massacre.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Joshua Hunsucker, a 41-year-old former paramedic, systematically killed his wife, Stacy Robinson Hunsucker, with eyedrops – which contain the chemical tetrahydrozoline – and lied about her cause of death to land a $250,000 life insurance policy in September 2018.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
Several times, Savitt alleged that Musk lied about his feelings about AI safety and charities.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
The testimony claimed agents lied about their vehicles being boxed in, or claimed there were threats of being shot by people who didn't have a gun.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
In another case, the SPLC said intel from the informant program was passed to law enforcement and led to the conviction of a man who lied about his ties to a white supremacist group while requesting national security clearance.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
The judge also found that Madigan lied repeatedly and willfully when testifying in his own defense during the trial.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Amanda was an advertising executive at D&D Advertising who fought and lied her way to the top.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Jones had repeatedly lied and posited baseless conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook massacre.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Joshua Hunsucker, a 41-year-old former paramedic, systematically killed his wife, Stacy Robinson Hunsucker, with eyedrops – which contain the chemical tetrahydrozoline – and lied about her cause of death to land a $250,000 life insurance policy in September 2018.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lied
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But some were also deceived or coerced.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Musk, who had donated at least $38 million to the lab, wanted to be CEO and gain majority control, but felt deceived after a power struggle with Altman over the role.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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For the record, Vrabel has fibbed to my face in an interview about his close friend, John Streicher, the Patriots’ vice president of football operations and strategy.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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He had been fooled a couple of times by the slider during the sequence but didn’t miss the third one Sasaki threw him.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mbappé broke the deadlock in the 30th minute with a shot that deflected on an Alaves defender and fooled goalkeeper Antonio Sivera.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Lied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lied. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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