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libel
noun
1 Brit, law
a the publication of a statement in some permanent form (including broadcasting) which has the potential to damage someone's reputation and which is claimed to be false;
b the act of publishing this kind of statement.
2 a any false or potentially damaging description of someone;
b a depiction, such as a portrait or sculpture, that is unflattering.
verb (libelled , libelling or US libeled , libeling )
1 law to publish a libellous statement about someone.
2 to accuse wrongly and spitefully. Compare slander.
[14c: from Latin libellus little book]
libeller noun .
noun
1 Brit, law
a the publication of a statement in some permanent form (including broadcasting) which has the potential to damage someone's reputation and which is claimed to be false;
b the act of publishing this kind of statement.
2 a any false or potentially damaging description of someone;
b a depiction, such as a portrait or sculpture, that is unflattering.
verb (libelled , libelling or US libeled , libeling )
1 law to publish a libellous statement about someone.
2 to accuse wrongly and spitefully. Compare slander.
[14c: from Latin libellus little book]
libeller noun .
libel, slander There is often confusion between libel and slander: in English and American law, libel refers to an untrue defamatory statement made in some permanent form, usually in writing, whereas slander refers to something spoken. In Scots law, however, both are slander. |
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