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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
These certifications were made under penalty of perjury and resulted in AT&T receiving funding from EBB and ACP.
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Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
Mosby was convicted on two federal counts of perjury and one count of federal mortgage fraud following two trials ending in early 2024.
—Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
Elizabeth Goodson has agreed to plead guilty to one count of perjury, the complaint says.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Prosecutors allege that each fraudulent registration form included Boyer’s home address and was signed under penalty of perjury, and the handwriting appeared to be consistent with the writing on Boyer’s previous forms filled out while running for public office.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
Mosby was convicted on two federal counts of perjury and one count of federal mortgage fraud following two trials ending in early 2024.
—Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
Elizabeth Goodson has agreed to plead guilty to one count of perjury, the complaint says.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Prosecutors allege that each fraudulent registration form included Boyer’s home address and was signed under penalty of perjury, and the handwriting appeared to be consistent with the writing on Boyer’s previous forms filled out while running for public office.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjury
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Defamation trials are rare in the U.S. due to constitutional protections for the press, which make proving libel difficult.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Lively sued Baldoni for mental pain and anguish, severe emotional distress, and lost wages; Baldoni sued the New York Times for libel, alleging that the publication defamed him with its piece about the alleged PR campaign against Lively.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2025
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The fourth sought to block Fox Corp.'s local TV division's renewal of the license for its Philadelphia station over corporate sibling Fox News's promotion of lies about fraud in the 2020 elections.David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
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Former Fox Broadcasting executive Preston Padden and other activists argued that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, the father and son who control Fox Corp, should be held accountable for Fox’s promotion of Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.Brian Stelter, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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Works transposed into foreign languages—and cultures—inevitably suffer omissions and distortion.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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The economic distortions created by centralized monetary policy, and the trillions in debt, inflationary pressures, and regulatory overreach that follow are not going away anytime soon.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Its glossy goatskin leather fabrication adds to the sumptuousness of it all.Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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Their sleek aesthetic is the result a lot of labor and time, and the fabrication costs of his pricey art have come under scrutiny.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Perjury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjury. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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