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claim falsely
verb as in pretend
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The plaintiffs claim, falsely, that there was mass fraud in the collection of signatures, so the courts must nix the whole amendment now, or overturn it if it is passes.
Mr. Shapiro went on to claim falsely that Mr. Trump was “convicted of crimes that don’t exist.”
Then he marched up to the cameras in the hallway to claim, falsely, that it was all a setup.
The book goes on to claim falsely that the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which was pounded for almost three months by Russian bombing, was destroyed during battles with "Nazis" and "foreign mercenaries".
That exhortation is a far cry from what voters have heard since 2020 from former President Donald Trump, who continues to claim falsely that mail and absentee ballots are rampant with fraud.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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