How to Use perjury in a Sentence

perjury

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  • He was found guilty of perjury.
  • 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
  • But legal experts say the episode could open Jones up to a possible perjury charge.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In any case, the statute of limitations for perjury — the state offense with which Mrs. Bryant might have been charged — had expired more than 60 years earlier.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Reyes was charged with perjury, falsifying a record and filing a false report.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022
  • In the event he is convicted, meanwhile, the judge would take into account any perjury in sentencing.
    — WIRED, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Peterson had been charged with seven counts of neglect of a child and three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 June 2023
  • Peterson was charged in 2019 with seven counts of neglect of a child, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • She’s charged with perjury and being an accessory after the fact.
    — James Anderson, ajc, 11 July 2022
  • Mosby took the stand in her own defense, after remaining silent during the perjury trial.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Biggs suggests Fauci may have committed perjury, but Cruz is nowhere in this clip.
    — Ana Faguy, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022

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