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perjury

[pur-juh-ree] / ˈpɜr dʒə ri /


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Ex-interior minister Lee Sang-min has been sentenced to seven years in prison, while former spy chief Cho Tae-yong is standing trial on charges including dereliction of duty and perjury.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Bennett Gershman, a professor at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law, said that proving Bondi committed perjury would “depend on the evidence and whether it is reliable.”

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

That actually takes this beyond Judge Boasberg’s saga, because this seems to involve cut-and-dry, eminently demonstrable perjury.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025

Although no court found that Mr. Novick had committed perjury or any other crime, the mere allegation put him on a police blacklist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Levi Burr, an inmate imprisoned for perjury, published a detailed memoir in 1833.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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