Perjurer is an English word with synonyms like liar or prevaricator. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Perjurer meaning
someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath
Synonyms of Perjurer
Using Perjurer
- The main meaning on this page is: someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath
- Useful related words include: false witness, liar, prevaricator.
- In the example corpus, perjurer often appears in combinations such as: perjurer was, convicted perjurer, perjurer and.
Context around Perjurer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Perjurer
- In this selection, "perjurer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, convicted, sought, living and roger stand out and add context to how "perjurer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a convicted perjurer and a and a perjurer and dodger. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "perjurer" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with perjurer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A perjurer was punished by the same penalty the perjurer sought to bring upon another. (15 words)
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called him "a convicted perjurer" and a "patsy" for the Democrats. (16 words)
It was common medieval iconography that a perjurer was to die with a weapon through the eye. (17 words)
Over the course of 81 Christmases, I’ve been many things, from a politician to a perjurer living at Her Majesty’s Pleasure, but on my 82nd outing tomorrow, I will be a prison chaplain, and hard at work. (39 words)
Attorney General William Barr is under fire from Democrats for intervening in the sentencing of convicted perjurer Roger Stone, a longtime friend and former political adviser to President Trump. (29 words)
A perjurer and dodger cannot be a fit and proper person for the position of the nation’s “chancellor of the exchequer”. (22 words)
Example sentences (6)
A perjurer was punished by the same penalty the perjurer sought to bring upon another.
Over the course of 81 Christmases, I’ve been many things, from a politician to a perjurer living at Her Majesty’s Pleasure, but on my 82nd outing tomorrow, I will be a prison chaplain, and hard at work.
Attorney General William Barr is under fire from Democrats for intervening in the sentencing of convicted perjurer Roger Stone, a longtime friend and former political adviser to President Trump.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called him "a convicted perjurer" and a "patsy" for the Democrats.
A perjurer and dodger cannot be a fit and proper person for the position of the nation’s “chancellor of the exchequer”.
It was common medieval iconography that a perjurer was to die with a weapon through the eye.
Common combinations with perjurer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: