perjurer

noun

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Recent Examples of perjurer Martinez called Mejia a shameless perjurer who became a government witness only after reviewing the evidence against him and realizing he was caught dead to rights for his own crimes. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024 Banks’s pathos matches that shown to Kennisha — a remarkable feat of storytelling that Just Mercy never achieves with its pathetic hillbilly perjurer (Tim Blake Nelson). — Armond White, National Review, 24 Jan. 2020 He’s been denounced as a perjurer by some pundits and mocked by late-night talk show hosts. — oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2019 Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, has characterized Comey as a leaker, a liar, and a perjurer—explosive allegations that were subsequently echoed by the president of the United States. — Tina Nguyen, The Hive, 13 June 2017 Kasowitz and, more importantly, Trump himself are calling Comey a perjurer. — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 9 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjurer
  1. liar
  2. deceiver
  3. knave
  4. cheater
  5. mountebank
  6. charlatan
  7. pretender
  8. counterfeiter
Noun
  • In the series, LaNasa plays Tracy, the mother of compulsive liar Sloane Caraway (Shailene Woodley).
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • After all, Russ is not a very good liar, and pretty much everything about the persona he’s created as Chad Powers raises eyebrows.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of liar
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  • The actors are perfectly cast, starting with Marmaï’s likable Antoine, the only player here not being the deceiver.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • The film tells the true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of deceiver
Noun
  • The knights who always told the truth and the knaves who always lied.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Try for yourselves, ye witless knaves— Take each to bed your Sally!
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of knave
Noun
  • Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul’s main TV station, struggles to keep custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her husband, a serial cheater.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The emerald green lawns of cheaters now abut the crispy brown grass of the rule-followers — defiance that’s visible for all to see.
    — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 29 July 2026
Definition of cheater
Noun
  • Good afternoon and welcome to Con Con, the convention for swindlers, mountebanks, and the people who love them.
    — Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Godard might have come across as a species of poseur – a pretentious, quote-spouting mountebank – but his way of seeing was genuinely new.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2025
Definition of mountebank
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  • Their actions, goals, and promises mimic that of a charlatan.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Ours is not a society that loathes charlatans; look who’s running things.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of charlatan
Noun
  • The transfer portal can transform a contender into a pretender in a single offseason.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The schedule is forgivable, even by ACC standards, but a rematch on the road against Notre Dame will separate the Canes as contenders or pretenders.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of pretender
Noun
  • With sister Coco a gifted painter and her brother, Raymond, a master counterfeiter, the two end up in the middle of a scheme with a down-on-his-luck millionaire.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of counterfeiter

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