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Significados de calumny en inglés

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maldiença

A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.

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        calúmnia

        An abusive attack on a person's character or good name.

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              Uso de calumny en inglés
              1
              In Paris, the highest virtue is the object of the foulest calumny.
              The Commission in Lunacy
              2
              Who deals in calumny should be prepared for the wages of it.
              The Sea-Hawk
              3
              It is bad enough, certainly; but I ascribe the report to calumny.
              Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea
              4
              The calumny is nothing but an audacious attempt to reverse the rôles.
              New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginn...
              5
              If the accusation prove a calumny, so much the better for you.
              I Will Repay
              6
              The actor's response to this misogynistic calumny was characteristically strong-minded and pragmatic.
              The Guardian
              7
              Their failure is the best and most complete answer to this calumny.
              A Century of Wrong
              8
              But the use of character is to be a shield against calumny.
              The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)
              9
              First,-Thenatural spirit of man, which rebels against wholesale vituperation and calumny.
              Lands of the Slave and the Free; Or, Cuba, the United States, an...
              10
              This calumny you have it, at length, in your power to refute.
              Jane Talbot
              11
              The learned biographer, notwithstanding his good will, has ill repelled the calumny.
              Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men / First Series
              12
              But the zeal of the bishop's enemies did not end with calumny.
              History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
              13
              To say that would indeed be to speak calumny of your country.
              North America — Volume 2
              14
              Only those who occupy an enviable position can become objects of calumny.
              Poise: How to Attain It
              15
              He would not retreat before calumny, as if he submitted to it.
              Middlemarch
              16
              You have shown that you can bear down calumny, and resist temptation.
              The Virginians
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