Meanings of false rumour in English

The false rumour has circulated throughout the country in recent days.

A false rumour had reached him that Haydn was dead.

And that false rumour - well, the person who started it has reportedly been found.

This false rumour, invented by far-seeing folk, is that which has most affected the King.

Some time ago a similar false rumour caused almost a commercial crisis in the cotton market of New Orleans.

Resorting to stratagem, they reported as their choice the old Roman cardinal of San Pietro, who repudiated the false rumour with distress.

There was a rumour,-nodoubt a false rumour,-thatthe Crown insisted in this instance on dictating a choice to the Duke of Omnium.

Sitting next to the prime minister, Trump said it was "a false rumour" that there was tension in the US-UK relationship.

Quaden's mum also responded to the false rumour about his age on her Facebook page Stand Tall 4 Dwarfism before it was deactivated.

He caught a false rumour and turned back, threading the Forest d'Enfer, coming again through Bois du Lac and into Sasnokee-keewan late in August.

He also admitted stealing £1,100 from his girlfriend's house when he was on bail for spreading the false rumour.

He was among those who ordered a Roma-Lazio derby to be called off after a false rumour was spread that police had killed a child.

Should we blame the rise of social media for spreading false rumours?

The government threatened to crack down on the spreading of false rumours.

Problems can occur if a short seller starts spreading false rumours.

He also said he had spent time disputing false rumours about Pagourtzis's personal life.