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Recent Examples of perjurious
None of the justices’ remarks during those hearings actually appear to be perjurious.
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Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 June 2022
Maldonado ruled last month that a special prosecutor should investigate whether any prosecutors, past or present, engaged in criminal conduct — not just the allegedly perjurious former assistant state’s attorney, Nick Trutenko.
—Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2021
The most recent involves a cop killing, a wrongful conviction and an allegedly perjurious prosecutor.
—Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2021
The state’s attorney claimed that it had been concocted by the Skakel family and founded on the perjurious testimony of the petitioner’s alibi witnesses.
—Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 May 2018
The prosecutor can cross-examine the perjurious defendant or present evidence to the contrary.
—Richard A. Posner, Slate Magazine, 25 May 2017
Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 June 2022
Maldonado ruled last month that a special prosecutor should investigate whether any prosecutors, past or present, engaged in criminal conduct — not just the allegedly perjurious former assistant state’s attorney, Nick Trutenko.
—Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2021
The most recent involves a cop killing, a wrongful conviction and an allegedly perjurious prosecutor.
—Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2021
The state’s attorney claimed that it had been concocted by the Skakel family and founded on the perjurious testimony of the petitioner’s alibi witnesses.
—Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 May 2018
The prosecutor can cross-examine the perjurious defendant or present evidence to the contrary.
—Richard A. Posner, Slate Magazine, 25 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perjurious
Adjective
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Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran who had lived as a legal U.S. resident in Maryland for 14 years while working and raising a family.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years working and raising a family.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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Both Lewis and Johnson have said that the story is untrue.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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But a representative for Henry Taylor, the artist who collaborated with Pharrell Williams on Lisa's look, told Vulture that the speculation is wholly untrue.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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The fallacious notion that truth is in the eye of the beholder.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Unfortunately, the Trump Administration, in its tariff policy, has embraced a framework that is basically fallacious and certain to lead to destructive policy that benefits nobody, including Americans.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The decision to deploy Dembele as a false nine for a 3-1 home win over Lyon in mid-December proved the spark for a stupendous run of goal-scoring form in which the France international racked up 27 goals in only 22 appearances.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The couple was convicted in 2022 of conspiring to defraud banks out of more than $30 million in loans by submitting false documents.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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“Perjurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjurious. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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