perjury

noun

Definition of perjurynext
as in libel
law the crime of telling a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth He was found guilty of perjury.

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Recent Examples of perjury State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s office rejected the perjury allegations. — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 Bonds was indicted in 2007 on perjury charges as well as obstruction of justice for allegedly lying in front of a grand jury during the government’s investigation into BALCO, a main manufacturer of an undetectable steroid that was running rampant in the league. — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025 During a preliminary court hearing Friday in Centennial, prosecutors said James Craig is facing additional new felony charges related to plotting the killing of four people: solicitation to commit murder and solicitation to commit perjury. — Andi Babineau and Ray Sanchez, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025 During his lengthy summation Friday, Tacopina repeatedly accused Ephron of fabricating or destroying evidence, lying to police, and committing perjury on the witness stand. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for perjury
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  1. libel
  2. lie
  3. distortion
  4. fabrication
Noun
  • On New Year’s Eve, Baldoni and nine other plaintiffs, including crisis publicist Melissa Nathan and Abel sued the New York Times for $250 million for libel.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Lively also advances procedural arguments to dismiss the defamation claims, including that Baldoni brought his lawsuit past the one year window to sue for libel.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of libel
Noun
  • Perhaps unsurprisingly the main thrust of the Trend Micro research is looking at how AI is being used to make the lies that are used to get victims to click on links or divulge login credentials.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The event unlocks a series of secrets, lies and regrets, as the people left behind can’t move forward without looking at the past.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of lie
Noun
  • An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.
    — Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • They are modified with effects like chorus and distortion, which are all modeled, too.
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of distortion
Noun
  • Well, those with a silky fabrication can protect the skin around your eyes from friction, and minimize creasing from pillows and bedsheets.
    — Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
  • But even Oberon didn’t know such fabrications ran generations deep.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of fabrication

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