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Recent Examples of perjurer
Martinez called Mejia a shameless perjurer who became a government witness only after reviewing the evidence against him and realizing he was caught dead to rights for his own crimes.
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
Banks’s pathos matches that shown to Kennisha — a remarkable feat of storytelling that Just Mercy never achieves with its pathetic hillbilly perjurer (Tim Blake Nelson).
—Armond White, National Review, 24 Jan. 2020
He’s been denounced as a perjurer by some pundits and mocked by late-night talk show hosts.
—oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2019
Kasowitz and, more importantly, Trump himself are calling Comey a perjurer.
—Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 9 June 2017
Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, has characterized Comey as a leaker, a liar, and a perjurer—explosive allegations that were subsequently echoed by the president of the United States.
—Tina Nguyen, The Hive, 13 June 2017
Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
Banks’s pathos matches that shown to Kennisha — a remarkable feat of storytelling that Just Mercy never achieves with its pathetic hillbilly perjurer (Tim Blake Nelson).
—Armond White, National Review, 24 Jan. 2020
He’s been denounced as a perjurer by some pundits and mocked by late-night talk show hosts.
—oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2019
Kasowitz and, more importantly, Trump himself are calling Comey a perjurer.
—Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 9 June 2017
Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, has characterized Comey as a leaker, a liar, and a perjurer—explosive allegations that were subsequently echoed by the president of the United States.
—Tina Nguyen, The Hive, 13 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjurer
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During questioning at the Austin Police Department, Mejia marred her credibility and inadvertently presented herself as a compulsive liar by initially telling police different stories about how Casiano was burned.—
Bianca Moreno-Paz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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When Nguyen refused the search and denied the allegation, one deputy allegedly called him a liar and threatened to arrest him.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2025
Noun
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
W.E. Gutman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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The modern health insurer is regarded as either a knave or a pawn and is seldom regarded as a knight.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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These cheater clears are marked by certain, publicly available data points, namely (via @aquativityy): One person carrying with a lot of kills while the rest of the team barely has any.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The cheaters also want to have the first ripe tomato.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Caricatured by Honoré Daumier and his lesser followers always as a mountebank, a charlatan, a circus clown, Louis Napoleon could normalize the extent of his outrages by the seeming harmlessness of his absurdities.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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With tariffs on pharmaceuticals, the mountebank of Mar-A-Lago wants to punish a small democracy of 5.3 million people that for the past 60 years has worked its way into the top table of drug research and production: Ireland.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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Caricatured by Honoré Daumier and his lesser followers always as a mountebank, a charlatan, a circus clown, Louis Napoleon could normalize the extent of his outrages by the seeming harmlessness of his absurdities.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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Where to watch Saw: Amazon Prime Video (to rent) 03 of 10 Saw X (2023) John Kramer ventures to Mexico for an experimental cancer treatment administered by money-hungry charlatans in this slick but not particularly inventive revival sequel, which takes place between the events of Saw and Saw II.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
Noun
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In the ensuing decade, the Yankees have cycled through at least 18 pretenders to Jeter's legacy.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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King portrays Prince John, younger brother to Richard, son of King Henry, and a dangerous pretender to the throne.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Travis Hunter’s fantasy football dual eligibility is a cheat code Travis Hunter could be a game-changer in IDP leagues across the various fantasy football game providers.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Shopping for cropped pants is the cheat code for finding full-length pants as a petite person, and this relaxed-fitting linen-cotton blend pair is a perfect example.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 July 2025
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George Santos to report to prison George Santos, the fabulist former New York Republican lawmaker, is set to report to prison Friday — and he’s had a lot to say about it.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 July 2025
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Many of the hustlers and fabulists who populate Crews’s fiction are typical American strivers.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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“Perjurer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjurer. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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