PERJURIES Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

perjuries

noun

plural of perjury

as in libels

law 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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Noun

In the film – sold by Beta Cinema and produced by Ostlicht Filmproduktion – an ambitious journalist (Valerie Pachner) wants to expose his lies.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
His prose radiates an ecstatic pessimism, as if lit up from within by the relief of not having to sugarcoat things with comforting lies.

— Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of lies

Noun

Bhave cited potential summer distortions and a slowdown in local government hiring as reasons Friday's report may come in soft.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Kikuko sometimes mistook Shigejiro’s cheerfulness for egoism owing to the distortions produced by her illness.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of distortions

Noun

Jason Arday, the sociologist who made history as Cambridge University's youngest Black professor, has resigned from the university after weeks of mounting accusations of plagiarism and fabrications in his biography.

— Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Cyber criminals are using highly convincing counterfeit audio, video, and identity fabrications as tools in ways that conventional detection methods will fail to identify.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of fabrications

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