Synonyms of perjury

perjury

noun

as in libel

law the crime of telling a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth

He was found guilty of perjury.

Related Words

• libel
• lie
• distortion
• exaggeration
• fabrication
• defamation
• ambiguity
• falsehood
• mendacity
• untruth
• falsity
• fairy tale
• deceit
• prevarication
• slander
• half-truth
• equivocation
• fraudulence
• fib
• fiction
• obliquity
• tale
• fable
• misrepresentation
• bluff
• falsification
• taradiddle
• pose
• whopper
• misstatement
• story
• pretense
• nonsense
• deceitfulness
• duplicity
• dishonesty
• misconception
• fallacy
• misinformation
• myth
• humbug
• canard
• jive
• misreport

Dissimilar Words

• fact
• truthfulness
• honesty
• verification
• truth
• veracity
• confirmation
• truism
• validation
• authentication
• verity
• substantiation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perjury

California is not unique in taking voters’ at their word — under threat of perjury — about their citizenship. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

He was cleared of that, but then fell out with a friend who had helped concoct his alibi in the libel case, and was charged with perjury. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026

In May 2024, Mosby was sentenced to three years of probation and one year of home detention following her mortgage fraud and perjury convictions. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

In new filings, Jones argues that defendant Melissa Nathan, another prominent entertainment industry publicist, committed perjury and hid evidence about her role in creating the sites, including one which targeted Jones. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026