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
But, under penalty of perjury, in March 2010 Snyder stated his personal tax debt was uncollectible and instead offered to pay $1,000, prosecutors said.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Federal law already requires voters to affirm their citizenship under penalty of perjury when registering and study after study has shown that voter fraud by non-citizens is extraordinarily rare.
—Delmarie Alicea, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Ruiz is now facing embezzlement, perjury, and filing false or forged instrument charges in Custer County District Court.
—Ashlynd Baecht, The Frontier, 19 Mar. 2026
He was indicted on a perjury charge in April 2021 by a state grand jury looking into school-safety funding failures.
—Jake Shore, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for perjury
Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Federal law already requires voters to affirm their citizenship under penalty of perjury when registering and study after study has shown that voter fraud by non-citizens is extraordinarily rare.
—Delmarie Alicea, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Ruiz is now facing embezzlement, perjury, and filing false or forged instrument charges in Custer County District Court.
—Ashlynd Baecht, The Frontier, 19 Mar. 2026
He was indicted on a perjury charge in April 2021 by a state grand jury looking into school-safety funding failures.
—Jake Shore, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjury
Noun
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That accusation — known as the blood libel — has been passed around for almost a thousand years.—
Mike Rothschild,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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And there was a huge libel action against him that was taken out by a very brave writer called Deborah Lipstadt, who won against him.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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This is a ridiculous lie and desperate attempt to distract from the pedophile protection party’s unpopular war of choice, increasing gas prices and rapidly dropping polling numbers.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Just as lies were used to justify our attack on Iraq over 20 years ago.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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The organ is the defining sound of early Rocketship, effectively becoming their distortion and noise machine.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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This would be a vast oversimplification and distortion of their organizing and solidarity work by and for Arab Americans in the Bay Area.—
Laura Einhorn,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Perjury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjury. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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