perjured; perjuring
ˈpər-jə-riŋ 
ˈpərj-riŋ
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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.
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James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
When the jury ruled in Jackson's favor, Judge John G. Gregory surprised everyone by throwing out their verdict, saying Jackson had perjured himself in the Milwaukee trial.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2024
More questions were raised when one-time attorney Paul Paradis, who ghost-wrote the lawsuit filed against the city and admitted taking a kickback, told a federal judge in November that an FBI agent testified in two affidavits that Feuer perjured himself before a federal grand jury.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Those attorneys had bashed the decision, claiming Shedd perjured himself on the witness stand at the behest of prosecutors.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
The defense attorneys wrote that Shedd, one of the key witnesses last year in the case’s only trial, perjured himself while on the stand.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
Witnesses, however, are free to perjure themselves or refuse to testify since congressional penalties are removable with a pardon.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 8 Dec. 2023
Under the agreement, detailed by sources, Smith agreed to not prosecute Taveras for allegedly perjuring himself in exchange for his truthful testimony that detailed the conduct underpinning the new obstruction allegations in the superseding indictment.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023
Latham is also accused of perjuring herself by lying about her involvement in a federal court deposition in 2022.
—Jeff Amy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
When the jury ruled in Jackson's favor, Judge John G. Gregory surprised everyone by throwing out their verdict, saying Jackson had perjured himself in the Milwaukee trial.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2024
More questions were raised when one-time attorney Paul Paradis, who ghost-wrote the lawsuit filed against the city and admitted taking a kickback, told a federal judge in November that an FBI agent testified in two affidavits that Feuer perjured himself before a federal grand jury.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Those attorneys had bashed the decision, claiming Shedd perjured himself on the witness stand at the behest of prosecutors.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
The defense attorneys wrote that Shedd, one of the key witnesses last year in the case’s only trial, perjured himself while on the stand.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
Witnesses, however, are free to perjure themselves or refuse to testify since congressional penalties are removable with a pardon.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 8 Dec. 2023
Under the agreement, detailed by sources, Smith agreed to not prosecute Taveras for allegedly perjuring himself in exchange for his truthful testimony that detailed the conduct underpinning the new obstruction allegations in the superseding indictment.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023
Latham is also accused of perjuring herself by lying about her involvement in a federal court deposition in 2022.
—Jeff Amy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
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perjure
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per·jure
ˈpər-jər
perjured; perjuring
ˈpərj-(ə-)riŋ
: to make (oneself) guilty of perjury
perjurer
noun
ˈpər-jər-ər
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