perjure

verb

Definition of perjurenext
as in to lie
law to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony.

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Recent Examples of perjure Separately, the county board of supervisors has hired outside legal counsel to guide them on how to respond to allegations that the sheriff perjured himself during a deposition in a First Amendment lawsuit brought against him by one of his own deputies. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026 Michel also tried to end a Justice Department investigation of Low, tampered with two witnesses and perjured himself at trial, prosecutors said. — Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2025 The Guardians enter negotiations, one executive said, like a witness on the stand attempting not to perjure himself. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 July 2025 In the letter to a top state pension official, Raoul’s office maintained that matters about which Mapes perjured himself were directly connected to his more than two decades as a top governmental aide to Madigan. — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for perjure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjure
  1. lie
  2. fabricate
  3. misrepresent
  4. deceive
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  • That the first foreign policy message after the victory went to Moscow, and through a Russian state outlet, says a good deal about where the new government’s instincts lie.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Before long, the barricades lay tossed aside and the tents within went up in smoke, along with Vucic's power.
    — JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of lie
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  • Achieving incredible data transmission speed The researcher fabricated the device using a 300-millimeter silicon-on-insulator manufacturing process.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Cooke samples an absorbing range of hoaxes, from the college students who convinced the world that an imaginary Scotsman had invented the electric toaster to the Chinese housewife who fabricated an entire war out of boredom.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of fabricate
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  • The statement called on Cofer to stop misrepresenting her opponent’s record.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Policyholders and retirees have since filed lawsuits alleging that the insurers misrepresented their investments.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of misrepresent
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  • But looks are deceiving in this case – just like the 3X Plus and 3X before it, the trailer stretches out via three individual telescopic segments that emerge at the push of a button.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Facebook's lawyers argued that the state failed to prove whether people were actually harmed by these deceiving statements.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of deceive

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“Perjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjure. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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