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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.
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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.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
courant.com,
4 May 2018
The prosecutor can cross-examine the perjurious defendant or present evidence to the contrary.
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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.
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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
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Although Rodman’s research shows that generative AI can help diagnose rare diseases or make sense of unusual symptoms, a randomized trial that was published in NEJM AI just the week before found that intentionally erroneous output from an AI model can easily lead doctors astray.
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The good news is, though, that while an erroneous freeze can cause big trouble with your bills, it can usually be reversed.
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This headline is so misleading.
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Pretending that’s not going to happen is misleading and wrong.
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But several of the observations were simply untrue.
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Though there were initial reports that Mansfield was decapitated in the accident, her undertaker, Jim Roberts, later revealed that that was untrue.
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There is a widespread but fallacious perception that India's tariffs are inordinately high.
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The same economists who believe in the same fallacious economic notions?
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Nadi Jabari, 46, was charged with false personation, unlawful use of a blue light and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
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Back when King was indicted in the summer of 2025, about 200 of them gathered in a Cleburne conference hall to make plans about how to support the sheriff, and decried the allegations against him as false attacks on King’s character.
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“Perjurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjurious. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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