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- verb Present participle of
perjure .
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Examples
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'perjuring' himself by denying an allegation that he had hurled stones at scabs during a garment workers 'strike.
Class & Colour in South Africa - Chapter 19 Ray Esther 1969
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Officials with Ms. Yingluck's party Puea Thai, or For Thais, Thursday filed a defamation complaint with police against two independent activists after they accused her of perjuring herself in court in order to help Mr. Thaksin keep a large chunk of his fortune.
Thaksin's Sister Faces Legal Challenge Ahead of Vote James Hookway 2011
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Much less troubling than nominees perjuring themselves in Senate hearings in an effort to gain confirmation to the Supreme Court.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Chief Justice Roberts on Attending the SOTU 2010
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In a Senate floor speech yesterday, however, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) doubled down on this lie, audaciously accusing Sotomayor of perjuring herself before the Judiciary Committee:
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The truly sad thing is that the Senate will rubber-stamp Bush holdover Michelle Leonhart to head the DEA despite her unpopular position on medical marijuana and indulgence of perjuring informants (google “Andrew Chambers”).
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I still have hopes he'll be charged with perjuring himself before a U.S. House subcommittee.
GLENN MARSHALL 2010
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"They've opened the floodgates, and personally, I'm investigating articles of impeachment against Justice Roberts for perjuring during his Senate hearings, where he said he wouldn't be a judicial activist, and he wouldn't overturn precedents," DeFazio said.
Impeachment calls part of life for a Supreme Court justice, but few get very far. Robert Barnes 2010
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They've opened the floodgates, and personally, I'm investigating articles of impeachment against Justice Roberts for perjuring during his Senate hearings, where he said he wouldn't be a judicial activist, and he wouldn't overturn precedents.
Rep. Peter DeFazio Investigating Impeachment For Chief Justice John Roberts The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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"They've opened the floodgates, and personally, I'm investigating articles of impeachment against Justice Roberts for perjuring during his Senate hearings, where he said he wouldn't be a judicial activist, and he wouldn't overturn precedents," DeFazio said.
Impeachment calls part of life for a Supreme Court justice, but few get very far. Robert Barnes 2010
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They've opened the floodgates, and personally, I'm investigating articles of impeachment against Justice Roberts for perjuring during his Senate hearings, where he said he wouldn't be a judicial activist, and he wouldn't overturn precedents.
Rep. Peter DeFazio Investigating Impeachment For Chief Justice John Roberts Amanda Terkel 2010
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