perjure

verb

Definition of perjurenext
as in to lie
law to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony.

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Recent Examples of perjure Separately, the county board of supervisors has hired outside legal counsel to guide them on how to respond to allegations that the sheriff perjured himself during a deposition in a First Amendment lawsuit brought against him by one of his own deputies. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026 Michel also tried to end a Justice Department investigation of Low, tampered with two witnesses and perjured himself at trial, prosecutors said. — Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2025 The Guardians enter negotiations, one executive said, like a witness on the stand attempting not to perjure himself. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 July 2025 In the letter to a top state pension official, Raoul’s office maintained that matters about which Mapes perjured himself were directly connected to his more than two decades as a top governmental aide to Madigan. — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for perjure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjure
  1. lie
  2. fabricate
  3. misrepresent
  4. deceive
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  • Watford said the woman was lying motionless on the floor for about 10 minutes before a housekeeper knocked on the door, the complaint says.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Safforld was given new trials and later freed under a plea deal in 2010, months before Burge was convicted of lying about torture of suspects.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of lie
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  • George Lutz rejected the suggestion that the entire experience was fabricated and continued to maintain that his family had encountered unexplained phenomena in the house, although some details of the story were embellished over time.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Hundreds of people were gathered inside the warehouse of a steel-fabricating company in north Topeka in a state where Democrats haven't won a Senate race since 1932.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of fabricate
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  • These include misrepresenting a plan's benefits, hiding important costs or falsely suggesting that a limited-benefit product provides comprehensive medical coverage.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Folwell, for her part, said opponents of the initiative were deliberately misrepresenting its actual language to mislead voters — and would have done so no matter the language used.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of misrepresent
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  • But don’t be deceived, these are not primarily poems of the body, though the animal body–the dog, the human, meat– return throughout.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The first rule of thumb—and a solid piece of advice to live by—is that looks can be deceiving.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of deceive

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“Perjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjure. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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