How to Use perjury in a Sentence

perjury

noun
  • He was found guilty of perjury.
  • If true, that would count as perjury.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
  • Mosby is charged with two counts each of perjury and mortgage fraud.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Handy pleaded guilty to perjury and was sentenced to one year in prison.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2023
  • Everyone in perjury that was out, none of them seemed shocked.
    — EW.com, 10 Nov. 2023
  • It must be signed under penalty of perjury.
    — Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Four years later, he and his wife were found guilty of felony perjury and voter fraud.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Schools spokesman Wayde Byard is facing a count of felony perjury.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The oath is made under penalty of perjury, a state felony that carries jail time.
    — Albinson Linares, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Tran still faces multiple charges of perjury and bribery of a witness.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
  • Schwarz is later sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for perjury.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
  • In exchange for pleading guilty to one count of perjury, other charges were dropped.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020
  • He had been charged with 13 felonies and pleaded no contest to perjury.
    — Alexei Koseff, SFChronicle.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Prosecutors dropped the perjury charge as part of the plea deal.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • Prosecutors dropped the perjury charge as part of the plea deal.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • He was initially charged with five counts of perjury, and admitted to two in a plea deal.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
  • He was indicted and pleaded not guilty to three felony charges of perjury this May.
    — Jim Newton, Lake County News-Sun, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Bonds and Clemens denied use under oath and were later found not guilty of perjury.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Schools spokesman Wayde Byard was indicted on a felony count of perjury.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022
  • That’s the going rate for perjury and eroding the justice system these days.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Andrews is charged with two counts of election perjury and 28 counts of election forgery.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
  • But legal experts say the episode could open Jones up to a possible perjury charge.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Form 700s are filed under penalty of perjury.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Team Ghost has accused Wilson of perjury.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The jury also found Galatolo not guilty of one count of perjury.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The priests’ letter also quoted the Bible, pointing out that perjury is a sin.
    — Nataliya Vasilyeva, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Elizabeth Goodson has agreed to plead guilty to one count of perjury, the complaint says.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • It was also accused of perjury, as many men—dead, or President—have been.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Denise Zwit, secretary to Lea, pleaded not guilty last year to three counts of perjury as well.
    — Jim Newton, Lake County News-Sun, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Phong Tran, who was charged in 2023 with perjury and bribery of witnesses.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026

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