LekhoriLekhoriA written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
Peter Parker: Spider-Man wasn't trying to attack the city, he was trying to save it. That's slander.
The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle.
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He libelled her when he published that.
To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.