as in libel
law
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
Corpus has not even sat for an interview other than to the press much less under penalty of perjury.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
In his submission, which was signed under penalty of perjury, Rotta made several false statements, according to a factual proffer filed with his plea agreement.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
The New York Times v. Sullivan case came about after the newspaper published an ad soliciting donations to defend Martin Luther King Jr. on perjury charges.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2025
Just 15 federal judges have been impeached, according to the Federal Judicial Center, with the most recent being U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr., who was impeached for accepting bribes and making false statements under penalty of perjury.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
In his submission, which was signed under penalty of perjury, Rotta made several false statements, according to a factual proffer filed with his plea agreement.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
The New York Times v. Sullivan case came about after the newspaper published an ad soliciting donations to defend Martin Luther King Jr. on perjury charges.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2025
Just 15 federal judges have been impeached, according to the Federal Judicial Center, with the most recent being U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr., who was impeached for accepting bribes and making false statements under penalty of perjury.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjury
Noun
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What To Know The lawsuit filed Friday accuses the Associated Press of defamation and libel.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Supreme Court rejects Steve Wynn appeal The Supreme Court has turned back an appeal from casino mogul Steve Wynn, who had challenged a landmark libel ruling as part of a lawsuit against The Associated Press.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In some contexts, [Lay] is the past tense of lie, as in recline.—
Sam Corbin,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps that’s what makes my lies defective and disjointed.—
Domenico Starnone,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the larger sense, along with truth comes a distortion of it, sometimes innocently and inadvertently but, more often than not, by design and for ulterior purposes.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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These distortions reduce a complex conflict to a morality play.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Add to that the need to build factories and fabrication plants for microchips.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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Instead, each case involved egregious misconduct, including the wholesale fabrication of news stories.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Perjury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjury. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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