perjure

Example Sentences

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“He specifically told me, ‘I don’t want you to perjure yourself, but "I don’t recall" isn’t perjury.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

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

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

The Romans hesitated; for their thoughts were already in Belisarius's camp, and they disliked to perjure themselves.

From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Dahn, Felix