See libel in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
- (Law)
The expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone:
aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, scandal, slander, traducement, vilification. See attack, crimes, law
verb
- (Law)
To make defamatory statements about:
asperse, backbite, calumniate, defame, malign, slander, slur, tear down, traduce, vilify. Idiom: cast aspersions on. See attack, crimes, law
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