She claims the newspaper libelled her in editorials and news articles.
With a few exceptions, no writer consciously sits down with the aim of libelling anyone.
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Meaning of libel in English
(Definition of libel from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of libel from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
libel | Business English
something written or published that makes false or unfair statements that are likely to damage the reputation of a person or organization:
He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment after the collapse of his libel action against the newspaper.
He was determined to sue any publication that repeated the libels.
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to write or publish something which makes false or unfair statements that are likely to damage the reputation of a person or organization:
Examples of libel
libel
The dissolution of the 1626 parliament marked the rise of alarming libels about the duke.
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Both stories are rich in gossip, rumour, rhymes, libels, anonymous notes, and the practical uses of printed works, not to mention spells and curses, visions and dreams.
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Ultimately, the uncertainty of language doomed the crown lawyers to failure, because they had too much difficulty convincing juries that what they called libels were indeed libellous.
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You find it everywhere, in libels, novels, and literary reviews, which constantly invite the reader to penetrate into secrets hidden between the lines or beneath the text.
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Both stories are rich in gossip, rumour, rhymes, libels, anonymous notes and the practical uses of printed works, not to mention spells and curses, visions and dreams.
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Most disturbing of all, however, was another publicly posted manuscript libel that came into the hands of the authorities a few weeks later.
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He portrays this varied appeal as a feature of the libel as a genre, with simple, seemingly nave, rhymes sometimes masking informed political criticism.
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Only in 1820 were the crown lawyers statutorily obliged to bring a libel information to trial within a year of the filing date.
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A comprehensive assessment of the repressive force of the law of libel must take these ordeals into account.
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The low sentencing rate in libel cases tells us nothing about the intense legal pressure thus brought to bear on the accused.
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At one level, their use of the law of libel seems to bear out this benign conclusion.
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He led the resurgent postwar opposition and was twice prosecuted for seditious libel.
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The case did not proceed beyond the initial libel and summons.
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By the late eighteenth century, it had become common for libel cases to be tried before special jurors.
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Given the myriad opportunities for advertisement afforded by a libel trial, it is no wonder that the crown lawyers were generally reluctant to risk one.
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Collocations with libel
libel
These are words often used in combination with libel.
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blood libel
For instance, take the blood libel accusation, among the most serious and vicious that has ever been issued against any people anywhere.
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criminal libel
I have studied the book referred to, but have come to the conclusion that criminal libel proceedings would not be maintainable.
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libel action
Against that background, had he won his libel action, he would have been awarded exemplary damages.
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Translations of libel
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iftira, karalama, yalan/onur kırıcı yayın…
écrit diffamatoire, diffamer (par écrit)…
laster, belasteren…
(písemná) urážka na cti, dopustit se urážky na cti…
injurie, injuriere, bagvaske…
fitnah, memfitnah…
การหมิ่นประมาท…
lời phỉ báng, bôi nhọ, phỉ báng…
zniesławienie, oszczerstwo, zniesławić…
ärekränkning, ärekränka, smäda…
fitnah bertulis, memfitnah bertulis…
die Verleumdung, verleumden…
ærekrenkelse, injurie(r), bakvaske…
наклеп, пасквіль, зводити наклеп…
