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perjury

noun as in lying while under oath

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A SIT official who did not want to be named told the BBC on Saturday morning that the man "has been arrested for perjury".

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Price now faces 12 criminal counts in total accusing him of grand theft by embezzlement, perjury and violating state conflict of interest laws.

In June 2023, Price was charged with 10 counts of grand theft by embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest.

Haddix, who calls herself the “Dolly Parton of chimps,” pleaded guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice in March and was arrested in July for harboring yet another ape in her Missouri home.

Last year, Kurz was found guilty of perjury for giving false testimony to a parliamentary committee.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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