perjurious

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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 most recent involves a cop killing, a wrongful conviction and an allegedly perjurious prosecutor. Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 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
  • Still, Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador was erroneous, the government said.
    Ashley Oliver, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2025
  • There’s a chance the erroneous WinRE error might be a little persistent.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Both Lewis and Johnson have said that the story is untrue.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
  • But a representative for Henry Taylor, the artist who collaborated with Pharrell Williams on Lisa's look, told Vulture that the speculation is wholly untrue.
    EW.com, EW.com, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • The fallacious notion that truth is in the eye of the beholder.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • Unfortunately, the Trump Administration, in its tariff policy, has embraced a framework that is basically fallacious and certain to lead to destructive policy that benefits nobody, including Americans.
    Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Now their weird discomfort with disease—and their outré views on cancer in particular—is being refracted through a sea of false, indecent speculations.
    Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
  • This discrepancy hindered the adoption of BI, which might further damage AI by generating models that are trained with false assumptions and generate erroneous predictions.
    Artyom Keydunov, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025

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“Perjurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjurious. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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