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libel
/ˈlaɪbəl/
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What does libel mean?
noun
- A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
- Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
- A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
verb
- To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
- To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlaɪbəl/
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Hutchinson tried to induce the grand jury to indict Warren for libel on account of this intemperate attack.
But today the flattery turns into a sort of libel, and she resents it, or, at all events, does not welcome it.
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If he speaks, he is guilty of a sort of libel on his brother-electors, who are hereby implicitly reproached by him for their impenetrableness and cowardice.
We are not here considering people to whom truth is an utter stranger, who are fundamentally liars and whose very existence is a libel on mankind.