slander

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slan·der1 /ˈslɑːndə $ ˈslændər/ noun  1. [countable, uncountable]UNTRUE a false spoken statement about someone, intended to damage the good opinion that people have of that person 〔口头的〕诽谤，诋毁 → libel2  [uncountable]SCC the crime of making false spoken statements about someone 口头诽谤罪 → libel He is being sued for slander. 他被控犯有口头诽谤罪。

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slander• Riney countersued her for slander, and the two settled out of court.• Can a teacher sue a principal for slander for making critical remarks about his or her teaching techniques?• Later, he learned that he was being sued for slander.• What constitutional considerations apply in cases of libel or slander?• Who, if not I, should defend you against such slanders?• The slander spread like wildfire and was only checked when the drunk who invented it confessed in a magistrates court.• Courts in some states treat slander and libel differently.• In most cases this was slander but I have seen instances where it was not far from the truth.slander2 verb [transitive]  LIE/TELL A LIEto say false things about someone in order to damage other people’s good opinion of them 诽谤，诋毁，造谣中伤 → libel→ See Verb table

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slander• And that statement is not meant to slander anybody.• She slandered her husband, her friends, and her own self.• After the song, Heather used the little inspirational talk to slander Miss Poole.• When an individual is slandered or libeled, how is the amount of damages determined?• In a written order, Yeltsin charged his erstwhile buddy with slandering the president and his family and disclosing state secrets.• You said you were going to write a piece on opinion polls and then you wrote a story slandering the Prime Minister.From Longman Business Dictionaryslanderslan‧der1 /ˈslɑːndəˈslændər/ noun [countable, uncountable]LAW a spoken statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of him or her, or the legal offence of making a statement of this kindThe company is being sued for slander by four pharmacists who say the retailer publicly ruined their reputations.slanderslander2 verb [transitive]LAW to say untrue things about someone in order to damage other people’s good opinion of themSmith slandered him by accusing him of proposing an illegal business deal.→ See Verb tableOrigin slander1 (1200-1300) Old French esclandre, from Late Latin scandalum; → SCANDAL

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slan‧der¹ /ˈslɑːndə $ ˈslændər/ noun1. [uncountable and countable] a false spoken statement about someone, intended to damage the good opinion that people have of that person ⇨ libel
2. [uncountable] the crime of making false spoken statements about someone ⇨ libel:
    He is being sued for slander.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ lie noun [countable] something you say or write that you know is untrue: Would you tell lies to protect a friend? | The allegation is a complete lie.
   ▪ white lie noun [countable] informal a lie that you tell to avoid upsetting someone: We all tell white lies sometimes.
   ▪ fib noun [countable] informal a lie, especially about something that is not very important – used especially by children: Have you been telling fibs?
   ▪ porky noun [countable usually plural] British English informal a lie – a very informal use: He’s been telling porkies again.
   ▪ falsehood noun [countable] formal a statement that is not true, especially one that is intended to give people the wrong idea about someone or something: He described the allegations as malicious falsehoods.
   ▪ untruth noun [countable] formal a lie – used especially when you want to avoid saying the word lie: Some workers go off and tell untruths about the organisations for which they are working.
   ▪ fabrication noun [uncountable and countable] formal a story or claim that someone has invented in order to deceive someone, or the act of doing this: The claim was described as a fabrication by the police prosecutor. | He dismissed the charges as pure fabrication.
   ▪ libel noun [uncountable] law the crime of writing lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, especially in a newspaper or magazine: She sued the newspaper for libel. | libel laws
   ▪ slander noun [uncountable and countable] law the crime of speaking lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, or an untrue statement which does this: He’s threatening to sue them for slander. | a slander on the good name of the company | Linking his name to terrorism was a slander.

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slander² verb [transitive]
to say false things about someone in order to damage other people’s good opinion of them ⇨ libel