Synonyms for Perjury
ˈpɜr dʒə riper·ju·ry

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1. perjury, bearing false witness, lying under oathnoun

   criminal offense of making false statements under oath

   Synonyms:
   perjury, lying under oath, bearing false witness

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1. perjurynoun

   Synonyms:
   false swearing

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1. perjurynoun

   Synonyms:
   oath-breaking

   Associated words:
   suborn subornation, suborner, perjurer, perjurous, forswear

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1. List of paraphrases for "perjury":

   forgery

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1. Max Schachter:

   The actions that Bob Runcie took today are a direct result of his recent indictment on perjury charges by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, those charges had nothing to do with the Parkland School Shooting. They resulted from mistruths he told the grand jury under oath investigating a $17 million bid rigging scheme in Broward County Public Schools.

2. Susan Collins:

   I found Dr. Ford's testimony to be heart-wrenching, painful, compelling, and I believe that Susan Collins believes what Susan Collins testified to, but we also had a case where Judge Kavanaugh came forward and said,' I'm 100 percent certain that this did not happen,' so here you have two people who are each 100 percent certain of what they're saying under pain of perjury. So then I had to look at the other evidence, and was there corroborating evidence, and that's why I pushed hard for the FBI to do a supplemental background investigation.

3. Comey Giuliani:

   Martha Stewart was trapped into perjury.

4. Caitlin Cedfeldt:

   Tenants are being told they need to leave, landlords will say' You know this declaration is under perjury and you could go to prison.' But people might say,' Should I just leave rather than have a felony ?'.

5. Rudy Giuliani:

   If they can show us something in that area that didn't involve those direct questions, that we don't consider perjury traps, we would consider it.