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Martinez called Mejia a shameless perjurer who became a government witness only after reviewing the evidence against him and realizing he was caught dead to rights for his own crimes.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
Banks’s pathos matches that shown to Kennisha — a remarkable feat of storytelling that Just Mercy never achieves with its pathetic hillbilly perjurer (Tim Blake Nelson).
—Armond White, National Review, 24 Jan. 2020
He’s been denounced as a perjurer by some pundits and mocked by late-night talk show hosts.
—oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2019
Kasowitz and, more importantly, Trump himself are calling Comey a perjurer.
—Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 9 June 2017
Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, has characterized Comey as a leaker, a liar, and a perjurer—explosive allegations that were subsequently echoed by the president of the United States.
—Tina Nguyen, The Hive, 13 June 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of perjurer was
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“Perjurer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perjurer. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
Legal Definition
perjurer
noun
per·jur·er
ˈpər-jər-ər
: a person guilty of perjury
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