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Meanings of libel in English

Russian
диффамация
Portuguese
difamação
Spanish
libelo
Catalan
difamació

Crime or tort of harming the reputation of a legal person through false or misleading statement.

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диффамация
Usage of libel in English
1
Patrick said it wouldn't come to libel, wouldn't come to law courts.
Into the Water
2
Belgrade District Court hears libel case brought by opposition leader Vuk Draskovic.
The Irish Times
3
Michael McDowell promises reform of the libel laws and new privacy legislation.
The Irish Times
4
For two weeks in July 1987 the libel action captured public attention.
The Guardian
5
You know, I think you're actually looking forward to Abelman's libel suit.
A Confederacy of Dunces
6
The subject matter of this book is the libel laws in Britain.
The Irish Times
7
A VERDICT is expected in the Monica Leech libel trial later today.
The Irish Times
8
It was the longest libel trial in the history of the State.
The Irish Times
9
Lord Archer has settled his libel case debt with the Daily Star.
The Irish Times
10
Whether you got an answer would probably depend on the libel laws.
The Guardian
11
Ms Beverley Cooper-Flynn TD's mammoth libel action against RTE finished last month.
The Irish Times
12
THE potency of our libel law was illustrated once more last week.
The Irish Times
13
Duterte had never filed a libel case against a journalist, he added.
Reuters
14
Tells about a libel case he filed against art critic John Ruskin.
The new yorker
15
The newspapers kept within the almost boundless limits of the libel law.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
16
Promoters were confronted; he was banned from shows and sued for libel.
The Guardian
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Translations for libel
Portuguese
difamação
Catalan
difamació
Libel through the time
Libel across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Rare