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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
The admission led to a dismissal of one felony count of perjury by declaration and one felony count of record of forged or false instrument.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
May 15, 2015: The perjury charge against Jenkins is dropped, according to the Associated Press.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Earlier this year, he was referred to British prosecutors for allegedly committing perjury.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
In the complaint to the Wisconsin Crime Victim Rights Board, Bell and Beckman had alleged crimes of perjury and misconduct in office, among others, as justification for why Bell was a crime victim, separate from the shooting itself.
—Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
May 15, 2015: The perjury charge against Jenkins is dropped, according to the Associated Press.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Earlier this year, he was referred to British prosecutors for allegedly committing perjury.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
In the complaint to the Wisconsin Crime Victim Rights Board, Bell and Beckman had alleged crimes of perjury and misconduct in office, among others, as justification for why Bell was a crime victim, separate from the shooting itself.
—Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjury
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Rachel Weisz played you in Denial, the movie about your being sued for libel by a Holocaust denier.Karl Vick, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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The initial libel case related to Robinson making false accusations against a Syrian schoolboy who was attacked in an incident shared widely on social media.Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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And while their relationship is a little cozier these days, the former president had threatened to throw Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg in jail as part of Trump’s lies about election fraud.William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Michael Keaton won an Emmy for his portrayal of a widowed doctor in Appalachia who buys into the lies, and eventually becomes a victim of them.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Finally, the treble was so smooth and restrained, never straying into sibilance or even a hint of distortion.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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First, the lawmakers wrote, there are cases in which an insurance company revises the damage amounts logged by a field adjuster by more than 90 percent — the type of distortion reported on by the Post and CBS.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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More than 50% of the car required all new fabrication and rework.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Witches Road Is An Urban Legend The major plot twist of the finale is that the Witches Road is a complete fabrication by Agatha, inadvertently manifested into reality by Billy (Joe Locke).Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Perjury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjury. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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