perjure
Example Sentences
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She said the letters were part of a plan by Ms. Toebbe to pressure her husband to perjure himself by falsely saying she knew nothing about the plot.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022
Jones on Tuesday called Bellis a tyrant and said she would be forcing him to perjure himself and say “that I’m guilty and to say that I’m a liar.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022
You can equivocate, or dissemble, or palter, or mislead, or prevaricate, or fib, or perjure.
From Washington Post • May 3, 2021
And she said it was "utterly absurd" to suggest that nine women "could be persuaded to lie to the police, to perjure themselves in court".
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2021
"You have no power against me if I confess the whole truth to Edward,—if I kneel at his feet—" "And perjure yourself!"
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana
Vocabulary lists containing perjure
Just Mercy
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The Left Hand of Darkness
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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