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perjure

[pur-jer] / ˈpɜr dʒər /


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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

“If the president were to perjure himself, tamper with witness testimony or corruptly destroy evidence, then such actions would violate well-established law,” the memo stated.

From New York Times Aug. 24, 2022

You can equivocate, or dissemble, or palter, or mislead, or prevaricate, or fib, or perjure.

From Washington Post May 3, 2021

One of those who testified against him in court has since told the BBC that it is "utterly absurd" to suggest nine women would perjure themselves as part of a political plot.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2021

In other words we'll perjure ourselves like—perfect ladies.

From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous

He perjures himself in public all the time.

From New York Times Mar. 18, 2018

Spector’s wife perjures herself to cover for him without knowing the truth.

From Time Jan. 26, 2015

But his commander perjures himself, and Carrington's wife, who could save the day, refuses to help.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The man's a spy, an informer, a paid liar, a villain that takes gold and perjures himself."

From The Northern Iron by George A. Birmingham

At any rate, she then perjures herself again.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope

"You cannot call a person a liar, that's not on, that's implying someone has perjured themselves in court," he said.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2025

Blanche requested that the verdict be thrown out based on the jury’s reliance on the testimony of Michael Cohen, who Blanche claimed perjured himself on the stand, and the request was quickly denied.

From Slate May 30, 2024

He was still on the witness stand when Forbes, whose reporters had discussed the size disparity with Weisselberg and revealed it publicly in 2017, published an article on its website suggesting he had perjured himself.

From Seattle Times Feb. 1, 2024

Smith in recent weeks sent a target letter to the employee indicating that he may have "perjured himself" during a May appearance before the federal grand jury, the sources told the outlet.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2023

A review of the other factors set out above does not provide conclusive evidence that the witness, Ralph Meyers, perjured himself at the original trial.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Latham is also accused of perjuring herself by lying about her involvement in a federal court deposition in 2022.

From Seattle Times Aug. 15, 2023

Paradis has previously accused Feuer of knowing about wrongdoing in the case and has accused the former city attorney of perjuring himself during a 2019 deposition.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2023

She also claimed that Passantino was aware of Hutchinson’s knowledge of Ornato’s story — and that when she expressed concerns to him about lying to investigators, Passantino reassured her that she was not perjuring herself.

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2022

“The intent to deceive is a lie. And if you lie to the American people in a Senate-confirmed position, you are perjuring yourself and perjury is considered a high crime and misdemeanor,” Mr. Judd said.

From Washington Times Oct. 12, 2022

He went on perjuring himself as cheerful as a paid witness, and he'd have broken the Ananias record if he'd had time.

From Shorty McCabe by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson




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