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libel English

Meaning libel meaning

What does libel mean?
Definitions in simple English

libel Noun

— Libel is a false statement that damages a person's reputation in a major way. Did she commit libel when she called President Bush a homosexual on her website?

libel Verb

— If someone makes false statements about another person, then he libels them. He libeled her when he published that.

libel

— noun the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks — noun a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person — verb print slanderous statements against The newspaper was accused of libeling him

Synonyms libel synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as libel?

libel English » English

slander defame defamation malign calumny lampoon calumniate vilify discredit backbite slur revile denigrate abuse vituperation shame disparage disgrace asperse written satire womanly vituperate villainize villainise vilification treat somebody badly traduce talk scandal satirize satire run down roorback reviling raduce persecute pasquinade obloquy maidservant lie insult gossip flout false charge false accusation diss disparagement dishonor despite decry criticize

Conjugation libel conjugation

How do you conjugate libel?

libel · verb

Examples libel examples

How do I use libel in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The actress sued the magazine for libel.
In some areas of the world, you can still get sued if you slander or libel a deceased person.

Movie subtitles

And get us into a million-dollar libel suit.
You realize. that an implication of this kind may be grounds for a criminal libel action.
I suppose you know there's such a thing as the law of libel and slander.
Unless some fool were to publicly accuse the general staff and get himself dragged into court on a charge of libel.
In making these accusations, I am aware that I render myself open to persecution for libel, but that does not matter.
You might run into a libel suit.
Heh, really, this isn't a courtroom. - And I'm not a defendant in a libel suit.
You know you could be sued for libel?
Anybody says I was ever tied up with Bryant, I'll sue for libel.
In New York, a story of mine brought on a libel suit.
I'm not afraid of a libel suit, because I'm a lawyer myself.
Gross libel!
Now, this is out-and-out libel.
Tomorrow, Mrs. Tilford, you'll have a libel suit on your hands.
Get your hat. I can't go. the paper's in a jam! We're facing a libel suit!
Pure libel and slander.
Yes. Now, you fired him, the best man we ever had on libel.
Sue me for libel.
How is the libel these days?
Let her go to bat with a libel suit and see what she collects.
You remember after he lost that libel suit?
The libel suit?
Print that in the paper, you'll have another libel suit on your hands.
And I'm not a defendant in a libel suit.
What are ya talking Kvorka? Are you looking to get sued for libel or somethin'?
I would have sued them for libel.
In the first place, no newspaper, reputable or otherwise, would buy it, because if they printed it, I could take their shirt for libel.
I can't go. the paper's in a jam! We're facing a libel suit!
Pure libel and slander. We haven't a leg to stand on.
Now, you fired him, the best man we ever had on libel.
You might run into a big libel suit!
There's such a thing as the law of libel.
Sara claims she's Tyler's wife, and Tyler's suing for libel.
It's not in the province of the court to interfere in libel actions. but this action basically is one of domestic origin. deriving from the marriage or non-marriage of the litigants.

News and current affairs

They forbid libel and fraud.
We demanded an apology for his impugning our paper's reputation; he accused of us of libel.
The first prohibited the use of words or expressions likely to disrupt public order; the second was the law against libel.
Although Tudor faced innumerable lawsuits for libel, he could not be silenced.
But when two of them, with nothing to lose, defended themselves in court, the result was the longest libel trial in British legal history - and a public-relations disaster for the corporate giant.
As for Zola, who defended Captain Alfred Dreyfus from charges of treason fueled by anti-Semitism, he was easily convicted for libel because he merely questioned the motives of witnesses without offering any new evidence.
They bar threats against, and harassment of, individuals. They forbid libel and fraud.
But freedom of expression worldwide received a boost - and Britain's reputation for commonsense was somewhat restored - in April, when Parliament adopted legislation revising the country's libel law.
Often, their targets had much fewer resources, which meant that a libel suit requiring both sides to spend substantial amounts could be effective in silencing critics even if it did not succeed.
The targeting of scientific journals and scientists for exposing charlatans was a leading factor in generating public support for reform of the UK's libel law.
Nature had to contend with a libel suit for pointing out that a physics journal had published many articles by its editor, and that these articles had not been subjected to peer review.
Other libel suits involved unproven cancer therapies.
Moreover, corporations, charities, and other institutions filing libel suits will now have to show that they suffered financial damage.
And libel tourism will be drastically reduced by a new rule that excludes suits from outside the European Union if it cannot be shown that the UK is the most appropriate place to bring the case.
British law firms that have apparently made a lot of money representing libel plaintiffs from around the world impeded adoption of the new law through intense lobbying.

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