perjurious

Definition of perjuriousnext

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Recent Examples of perjurious None of the justices’ remarks during those hearings actually appear to be perjurious. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 June 2022 Maldonado ruled last month that a special prosecutor should investigate whether any prosecutors, past or present, engaged in criminal conduct — not just the allegedly perjurious former assistant state’s attorney, Nick Trutenko. Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2021 The state’s attorney claimed that it had been concocted by the Skakel family and founded on the perjurious testimony of the petitioner’s alibi witnesses. Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 May 2018 The prosecutor can cross-examine the perjurious defendant or present evidence to the contrary. Richard A. Posner, Slate Magazine, 25 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjurious
Adjective
  • This story has been updated to correct erroneous information originally released by the city of Radcliff.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This was due to erroneous data provided by Dallas County, the Texas Secretary of State’s office told Hearst Newspapers.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But without context, that figure is deeply misleading.
    Robert Pearl, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Staff member Brandon Richards, who made $136,000 last year, is tasked with quickly dispatching responses to information the governor’s team deems inaccurate or misleading that is spread on social media and in the media.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The lawsuit calls that contention untrue — Estrada Juarez has never been in removal proceedings and has never seen an immigration judge.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • There is a widespread but fallacious perception that India's tariffs are inordinately high.
    Mohan Kumar, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The same economists who believe in the same fallacious economic notions?
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • Richards and the governor’s office pushed back on false assertions that Newsom and his wife, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, were stealing money from the state through her office that same day.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Air power cannot overthrow a government, some say, which is on one level true—a fighter jet cannot take the keys to the presidential palace, after all—and on another level, obviously false.
    Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026

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“Perjurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjurious. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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