n. 25B6; noun loyalty had made him tell lies : UNTRUTH, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, invention, (piece of) fiction, falsification; (little) white lie, half-truth, exaggeration; informal tall story, whopper; Brit. informal porky (pie).
mendacious.
truth.
25B6; verb he had lied to the police : TELL AN UNTRUTH/LIE, fib, dissemble, dissimulate, tell a white lie, perjure oneself, commit perjury; informal lie through one's teeth; formal forswear oneself.
25A0; give the lie to DISPROVE, contradict, negate, deny, refute, rebut, controvert, belie, invalidate, discredit, debunk; challenge, call into question; informal shoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames); formal confute, gainsay.