Definitionn. criminal offense of making false statements under oath
Last update: October 31, 2015
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A better way to make sure people tell the truth in court is to make perjury the most serious of crimes. [noun]
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An account of the espionage and perjury case that resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of Alger Hiss. [noun]
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"Do you wish to turn a thoughtless act into a crime by adding the guilt of perjury." [noun]
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Death is the penalty of perjury. [noun]
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This would have made him unpopular now, when perjury means popularity. [noun]
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Several years later, as one of the detective staff of District Attorney Jerome, he committed perjury, was convicted, and sent to Sing Sing for a year. [noun]
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He watches over them with tender solicitude, rewarding truth, charity, and uprightness, but severely punishing perjury, cruelty, and want of hospitality. [noun]
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Howard's perjury is clear from other witnesses, but the evidence was accepted. [Please select]
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The punishments inflicted for forgery, coining base money, and perjury were arbitrary. [Please select]
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Falsehood and perjury had preceded her testimony; but before her testimony, falsehood was scattered like chaff. [Please select]
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"That Heinie and his boys have all committed perjury; charge them with it." [Please select]
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