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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.
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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
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
Noun
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No one becomes a pathological liar in a single argument or one-off incident—despite what Demi Engemann might suggest about Affleck on the latest season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
16 Mar. 2026
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There’s a term called the liar’s dividend, which describes an information environment where mis- and disinformation such as deepfakes become so prevalent that anyone accused of doing something awful can simply use them to cast doubt on genuine evidence.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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Islamic eschatology warned of a deceiver who distorts perception, blurring reality.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
W.E. Gutman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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If the issues in high school sports are ever going to be fixed, then cheaters need to be exposed.—
Eric Sondheimer
Columnist
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Your competition at this point in the Netflix dating show’s run will include 10 seasons’ worth of cheaters and liars, clout chasers and schmoozers and players.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Fortune,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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These two pretenders reflect an insider debate whose subject is not the existence of the Islamic Republic but the best method of its survival.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Cult of the Beaver has to fend off pretenders.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Walmart's Deals of the Day are like a cheat code to get epic gaming tech at great discounts.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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And there’s a cheat code in the sister character.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Perjurer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjurer. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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