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"lie" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often falsehood (9 letters).
Definitions
tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
Word origin
From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Used in a sentence
“The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.”
“Under an oak were lying asleep a pair of shepherds.”
“Though ye haue lien among the pots, yet shall yee bee as the wings of a doue, couered with siluer, and her feathers with yellow gold.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Untruth”3 letters
02“False statement”3 letters
03“Not tell the truth”3 letters
04“Untrue statement”3 letters
05“Recline”3 letters
06“Tell an untruth”3 letters
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