How to Use perjury in a Sentence

perjury

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  • At least Barry Moore beat the rap on his perjury charge.
    — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Schools spokesman Wayde Byard is facing a count of felony perjury.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • She was found not guilty on two other counts of perjury.
    — CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • She was found not guilty on three other counts of perjury.
    — Colleen Slevin, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Handy pleaded guilty to perjury and was sentenced to one year in prison.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2023
  • Everyone in perjury that was out, none of them seemed shocked.
    — EW.com, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Schools spokesman Wayde Byard was indicted on a felony count of perjury.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Mosby is charged with two counts each of perjury and mortgage fraud.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Bonds and Clemens denied use under oath and were later found not guilty of perjury.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
  • In 2008, she was sentenced to six months in prison for perjury after lying about her steroid use.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Andrews is charged with two counts of election perjury and 28 counts of election forgery.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
  • But legal experts say the episode could open Jones up to a possible perjury charge.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The jury found Clemens not guilty of perjury following a trial in 2012.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • All tax returns must be signed and filed under penalties of perjury.
    — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Charged and convicted of perjury, Shoulders was sentenced to three years in prison and Dolan was sentenced to two years.
    — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Elizabeth Fox-Doerr, 50, has been in jail since July on a charge of perjury and was hit with the murder charge this week.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • It's made under oath, under penalty of perjury, and nobody seems to care.
    — Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty on March 4 to two counts of perjury.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Brave also faces perjury charges over a dinner cruise and hotel stay in Boston.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Convicted in 2014 along with his then-wife on three counts of voter fraud and one count of perjury, which were later overturned.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, Smollett continued to lie, committed perjury on the stand right under the judge’s nose, and lied on his way out the door.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 11 Mar. 2022
  • There are also process-crime charges involving perjury to the grand jury.
    — The Editors, National Review, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Becker was indicted six months later and pleaded not guilty to the charges — a misdemeanor and a felony perjury.
    — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Perkins has acknowledged the mistake, and none of the seven justices Tuesday accused him of perjury.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022
  • In 2014, he was charged with stalking Macer, as well as charged with forgery, perjury, and resisting arrest.
    — Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Last month, police arrested Fox-Doerr again — this time, on a perjury charge.
    — Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022
  • At that trial, the defense accused Mr. Cohen of perjury.
    — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • Mosby is charged with two counts of making false statements on a loan application and two counts of perjury.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Marilyn Mosby, 44, is slated to appear before a federal judge Thursday for the start of a sentencing hearing after being found guilty of two counts of perjury following a four-day November trial.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
  • Federal juries convicted Mosby of perjury in November and mortgage fraud in February at two criminal trials.
    — Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024

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