slander
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6.6
- noun
- /ˈslændər/
- Specialized
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calumnia
- "I don't have to listen to your juvenile slander," Randolph said.
- libel and slander
- laws of libel and slander
They will try all kinds of legal angles, slander, libel, defamation.
- They will try all kinds of legal angles, slander, libel, defamation.
- What, Julian, this New York slander must stop.
- It's not slander if it's a joke.
- They can't sue you for libel or slander or whatever.
- It's now a left wing money grabbing slander machine.
- I've had a lot of information and a lot of slander at the same time.
- And, and again, that's, that's the level of slander.
- Also, I'm not going to take any Beyoncé slander.
- But the fact is, slander and defamation laws exist, so there isn't much you can say publicly if they don't want you to.
- You ethicist defending hairlines at all cost, your vigilance keeping online and otherwise slander at Bay.
- Libel and slander is an exception, direct threats or an exception.
Examples
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I'm here to inform you the city's just been hit with a $5 million slander suit from Mr. Harmon's attorney.
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We'll sue them for slander.
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That sounds a lot like slander.
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"We have to prevent slander against the sacred name of Lincoln," he said.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'll sue you for slander!
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Peter, we've gone into the area of slander.
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Students and their families have been sued for slander and defamation of character.
Academic text (2009) -
After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead.
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"The scalawags have perhaps made many millions by the sale of their slanders to the reading public."
Academic text (2011) -
He decided to take legal action after the slander spread among his colleagues.
Synonyms
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7.4
False or damaging words meant to hurt someone's reputation
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7.4
An insulting remark that harms someone's reputation
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5.7
A false or unfair statement meant to hurt someone's reputation
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7.1
To harm someone's reputation by saying untrue things about them in public
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5.5
An organized effort to hurt someone's reputation by making false or unfair accusations
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7.3
Hurts someone's reputation on purpose by spreading false or harmful stories
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9.8
A remark that says bad things about someone to hurt their reputation
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8.4
Saying or writing very harsh and unfair things about someone to damage their reputation
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9.3
A false statement that damages someone's reputation
A false statement that harms someone's reputation
Telling lies about someone to harm what people think of them
Full of unfair personal attacks meant to damage someone's reputation
An attempt to damage someone's reputation by making false claims
Antonyms
How Damaging
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word slander comes from an old word scandal that meant a 'trap' or 'stumbling block', something that makes someone fall. So a slander is like words that 'trip up' a person's reputation and make them fall in the eyes of others.