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
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Our family has been ruined by Denise's lies of promising to end a year-long affair.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025 -
It is entirely based on Hamas’s campaign of lies and the laundering of those lies by others.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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A number of fans in the background are moving with a uniform motion, and some of the faces have noticeable distortions.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Imports fell more than analysts expected, in a reversal of a surge in February and March; those distortions pushed down GDP at the start of the year, though the economy is expected to grow more in the second quarter.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the Coen brothers’ films, wondrous coincidences and absurd exaggerations come off as a comic cosmic order, as a cynical version of metaphysics.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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In commercial comedies nowadays, humor mostly happens through dialog or slapstick or exaggerations.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
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With 85% of hiring managers catching résumé fabrications and Web3 facing a critical developer shortage, there’s a significant opportunity cost of inaction.—
Douglas B. Laney,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The brothers proved innovative custodians, moving the company upmarket with an insistence on ultrafine materials and groundbreaking fabrications.—
Paul Croughton,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Perjuries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjuries. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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