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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
Becker is now on trial in Santa Clara County Superior Court in Morgan Hill for allegedly leaking the report and felony perjury for lying about it under oath.
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Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
The perjury charges were eventually dropped, per ESPN, and Jenkins went on to testify at Hernandez's double murder trial.
—Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
The first two district court rulings on Lee over his election law violation and perjury charges are set for Nov. 15 and Nov. 25.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
One count of perjury, which is a felony, was dismissed.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
The perjury charges were eventually dropped, per ESPN, and Jenkins went on to testify at Hernandez's double murder trial.
—Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
The first two district court rulings on Lee over his election law violation and perjury charges are set for Nov. 15 and Nov. 25.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
One count of perjury, which is a felony, was dismissed.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjury
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The series’s portrait of John, now a remarried grandfather, bears no trace of the litigious figure who hired Trump attorney L. Lin Wood early on to sue media outlets for libel.Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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In September 2022, PEOPLE reported that the star was dating another of his lawyers, Joelle Rich, who represented him in his 2020 U.K. libel suit against British tabloid The Sun.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Finally, the true beauty of digital lies in its measurability.Aman Gupta, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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In between lies what's known as the area of separation. Rebels, some of them receiving Israeli aid, had previously seized positions on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights at the onset of the country's civil war.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Strong pay gains appear to be a holdout while other Covid-era distortions fade, Elyse Ausenbaugh, head of investment strategy at JPMorgan Wealth Management, wrote in commentary issued Friday.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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To be sure, this report, written under the guise of international law and human rights, is utterly baseless, replete with malicious lies and gross distortions of fact, as well as wholesale fabrications of law.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: Altered The image of the X post is a fabrication.Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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But Intel does have incredibly valuable expertise and assets, notably its chip fabrication plants.Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Perjury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjury. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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