falsehood
Example Sentences
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Some law enforcement experts believe the repeated falsehoods are harming federal authorities both in the public eye and in the courtroom.
From Los Angeles Times
British policy toward China, Lord Patten continued, had rested on a "falsehood" that "in order to do business with them, we must avoid saying anything they don't like or doing anything that they don't like".
From BBC
After MI5 apologised, we then showed that inquiries into what happened by MI5 and the government were deficient and unreliable, with further falsehoods provided to the court.
From BBC
In a joint statement with local government officials on Monday, Kaduna state police commissioner Alhaji Muhammad Rabiu described the information as "mere falsehood which is being peddled by conflict entrepreneurs who want to cause chaos".
From BBC
To secure conviction, prosecutors must prove a falsehood was made “knowingly and willfully” and be “materially” false, fictitious or fraudulent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
