perjure
Example Sentences
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“He specifically told me, ‘I don’t want you to perjure yourself, but "I don’t recall" isn’t perjury.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022
She said the letters were part of a plan by Ms. Toebbe to pressure her husband to perjure himself by falsely saying she knew nothing about the plot.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022
Jones on Tuesday called Bellis a tyrant and said she would be forcing him to perjure himself and say “that I’m guilty and to say that I’m a liar.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022
And she said it was "utterly absurd" to suggest that nine women "could be persuaded to lie to the police, to perjure themselves in court".
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2021
But whatever be the consequences accept them as a brave girl, and perjure yourself for no man,” advised Farragut.
From A Daughter of the Union by Madison, Lucy Foster
