perjurious

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Recent Examples of perjurious None of the justices’ remarks during those hearings actually appear to be perjurious. 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 most recent involves a cop killing, a wrongful conviction and an allegedly perjurious prosecutor. Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 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. 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
Adjective
  • There were reports for a decade that his defection was imminent and even an erroneous report by a major outlet that a defection had happened.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Children’s Health Defense is an organization founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been criticized for his mixed and erroneous messaging about the ongoing measles outbreak, the largest in six years.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • All board members were fully informed of this decision and present during these discussions, and any claims to the contrary are simply untrue.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But Platt’s supporters said that was untrue and defended his leadership of the city’s 4,000-plus employees.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • However, not all slippery slope arguments are fallacious.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • That will in turn spread on social media, which often plays a disproportional role in boosting these disinformation efforts by providing nearly unlimited platforms for unfiltered content and fallacious and deceptive claims.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • As part of the scheme, prosecutors said Bock and Said submitted false documentation to the Minnesota Department of Education, including fraudulent meal counts and fake attendance rosters.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The pivotal addition to the the state Civil Code reads: Existing law provides that libel is a false and unprivileged written publication that injures the reputation and that slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, that injures the reputation, as specified.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Perjurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjurious. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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