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perjury

noun as in lying while under oath

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His daughter Caroline said she was devastated at the outcome but would continue to demand that soldiers be prosecuted for perjury.

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The school will report to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights on progress each quarter, and interim UVA President Paul Mahoney will have to certify the report “under penalty of perjury.”

The US Department of Justice has charged James Comey with perjury over testimony he gave to Congress five years ago.

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California residents must sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury to register to vote.

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A SIT official who did not want to be named told the BBC on Saturday morning that the man "has been arrested for perjury".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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