Perjury Synonyms

pûrjə-rē
The practice of lying
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. falsehood
  2. inveracity
  3. mendacity
  4. truthlessness
  5. untruthfulness
Criminal offense of making false statements under oath
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. false statement
  2. violation of an oath
  3. bearing false witness
  4. willful falsehood
  5. lying under oath

Words Related to Perjury

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Perjury Sentence Examples

  • By this act of perjury a verdict of " guilty " was procured from the jury.

  • Howard's perjury is clear from other witnesses, but the evidence was accepted.

  • Their testimony in this respect is the better understood when we bear in mind the large amount of perjury in the law courts, and profane swearing in general which prevailed at the time when the Society took its rise.

  • His successes were won not only by military and political ability, but also by the most absolute unscrupulousness, neither flagrant perjury nor the basest treachery being disdained.

  • The charge of perjury at once collapsed and was withdrawn on January 6th, the opening of the grave definitely putting an end to the story of an identity between the two men.

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