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Recent Examples of perjurious
None of the justices’ remarks during those hearings actually appear to be perjurious.
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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
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
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When the news breaks of faraway civilian casualties — an erroneous air strike on a school that relied on outdated intelligence, for example — the mind takes refuge in abstractions and statistics.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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But those who in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries made erroneous predictions of imminent mass starvation erred by underestimating the world‑changing potential of grasses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Such allegations are widespread but misleading.—
William Proctor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Hartsuch, a proponent of using ivermectin to treat COVID-19, alleges that in December 2021, Kent Nebel, then the executive director of the Board of Medicine, indicated that 17 Iowa doctors had complaints filed against them for spreading false or misleading information about COVID-19.—
Clark Kauffman,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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However, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said those claims were untrue and the route had been reopened.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
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The suggestion that the University is singling out the Pride flag with this policy is untrue.—
Samantha Chaney,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There is a widespread but fallacious perception that India's tariffs are inordinately high.—
Mohan Kumar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Aug. 2025
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The same economists who believe in the same fallacious economic notions?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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For me, the possible false note lay not in Aramayo’s performance but in the script.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Local police too, have stated that false posts circulating in WhatsApp groups, including claims of worker deaths and exaggerated reports of violence and arrests, have contributed to the escalation of unrest.—
Mayu Saini,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Perjurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjurious. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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