Perjury and Story

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Perjury noun - Criminal offense of making false statements under oath.

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Story and perjury are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Story" instead a noun "Perjury".

Nearby Words: perjured, perjure, perjurer, perjuring

Story noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.

Usage example: she tells stories just to get attention, so don't believe that stuff about her father being somebody important

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Perjury and story are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Perjury" instead a noun "Story".

Nearby Words: storey, storied, storyline

Elle weaponizes it later, when she realizes the witness might be gay, which would make his story about having an affair with Brooke perjury.

Source: Theatre / Legally Blonde
Usually there was lots of perjury involved (an old legal story is about a judge who would always say, at the beginning of his days earmarked for divorce proceedings, "Let the perjury commence"), and this was a key reason for no-fault divorces finally being legalized.

Source: Newer Than They Think
In the short story "Invitation to a Poisoning", Nechtan confesses to adultery, theft, perjury, election fraud, armed robbery and attempted rape to the respective victims of the crimes and then promptly drops dead of cyanide poisoning.

Source: Asshole Victim / Literature

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