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liar

[lahy-er]

noun

  1. a person who tells lies. lie.

    Synonyms: , ,


liar

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a person who has lied or lies repeatedly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of liar1

before 950; Middle English lier, Old English ŧDz. See lie 1, -ar 1
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It's a tactic domestic abusers use to avoid accountability: Deny you hurt her, call her a liar, then claim that actually, she abused you.

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If liars, cheaters and tax evaders can be exonerated, then Trump has symbolically defined our national deviancy down to his own level, and of course wins thereby.

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It’s impressive to watch the meticulous and dogged Stéphanie put together the pieces and make the liars squirm.

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In the novel, Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the Democratic presidential nomination to Buzz Windrip, who is described as “vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily discredited,” but wins the election in a landslide.

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Accepting the prize for limited series on behalf of Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Spence said the response to the show proved that the public "cannot abide liars and bullies".

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