as in libel
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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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Recent Examples of perjury
Blain was charged in San Diego Superior Court with four felony counts of perjury, asking for a bribe by a member of a legislative body, soliciting a bribe and destruction or removal of public records, along with misdemeanor petty theft.
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
In 1992, Cecil Jacobson was convicted of 52 counts of fraud and perjury for inseminating his patients with his own sperm and was sent to prison.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Pagan, 53, now faces about a year in prison, but his future could have been bleaker if he had been convicted at an upcoming trial of the more serious charges — conspiracy, bribery, fraud and perjury.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
The film, which was found under a carpet and in a duct along with jewelry worn by Schaefer, served as evidence when Ignatow was convicted of perjury for lying to a federal grand jury about his involvement in Schaefer's death.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Oct. 2025
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
In 1992, Cecil Jacobson was convicted of 52 counts of fraud and perjury for inseminating his patients with his own sperm and was sent to prison.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Pagan, 53, now faces about a year in prison, but his future could have been bleaker if he had been convicted at an upcoming trial of the more serious charges — conspiracy, bribery, fraud and perjury.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
The film, which was found under a carpet and in a duct along with jewelry worn by Schaefer, served as evidence when Ignatow was convicted of perjury for lying to a federal grand jury about his involvement in Schaefer's death.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjury
Noun
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Steve Coogan has settled a libel claim over 2022’s The Lost King after a university academic sued over his depiction in the film.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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Just look at the amounts that news organizations are paying for libel insurance.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The lie that began James’s reign would have far-reaching consequences.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Directly underneath lies an open-air beach club with fold-down platforms that open to create roughly 645 square feet of space suspended above the water.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
4 Nov. 2025
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The team traced this distortion to optostriction, where the electromagnetic field of light exerts a small but measurable mechanical force on the atoms.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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The catch is, the capital that goes into these funds often has to be spent right away, and that may be creating distortions in the markets.—
Leslie Picker,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Perjury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjury. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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