as in to lie
law
to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury
He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony.
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Listen to this article Donald Trump’s loyal longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg headed back to Rikers Island for five months on Wednesday for perjuring himself during the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case against the ex-president.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2024
Defense lawyers in Trump's hush money case have argued that Cohen perjured himself again during his testimony in the civil fraud trial, further diminishing his credibility.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 May 2024
Additionally, there’s also the possibility that Trump could perjure himself — or knowingly make false testimony — while on the stand, Fairley said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
In the criminal complaint filed last year, prosecutors alleged Price voted on matters connected to his wife’s business and perjured himself by failing to reveal his financial interest in those matters on disclosure forms that must be filed with the city.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2024
Defense lawyers in Trump's hush money case have argued that Cohen perjured himself again during his testimony in the civil fraud trial, further diminishing his credibility.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 May 2024
Additionally, there’s also the possibility that Trump could perjure himself — or knowingly make false testimony — while on the stand, Fairley said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
In the criminal complaint filed last year, prosecutors alleged Price voted on matters connected to his wife’s business and perjured himself by failing to reveal his financial interest in those matters on disclosure forms that must be filed with the city.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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The real engine of the economy now lies in an ever-widening trade surplus, which reached almost $1 trillion last year.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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The challenge lies in determining these principles, as the definition of 'good' ultimately reflects the values and biases of the teams who initially trained these language models.—
Charles Towers-Clark,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Breaking eggs to make an omelet Starbase is an industrial installation built by SpaceX to fabricate and test a number of the company’s rocket types.—
Robert A. Kopack,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles fires Claim: Image shows car, mansions burned during California wildfires Our rating: Manipulated media The image is fabricated and originated from the Instagram account of an artist who labeled it that way.—
Hannah Hudnall,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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The company will also be banned from misrepresenting loot box odds, prices, and features, and will need to allow users to buy them with money instead of in-game virtual currency.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
18 Jan. 2025
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Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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These include data poisoning, where training datasets are manipulated to compromise models, and adversarial attacks, which involve subtle input changes to deceive AI systems.—
Piyush Ranjan,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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And unless my eyes deceive me, the shine is turned up to 11 thanks to shimmer in her middle part.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Perjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjure. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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