Examples of 'libel' in a sentence

Meaning of "libel"

Libel is a noun that refers to a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation
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  • A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
  • The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
  • Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
  • A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.

How to use "libel" in a sentence

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You can not libel the dead.
Your libel laws will not let me.
With lawsuits for libel and defamation.
Libel and fraud laws were nevertheless applicable.
The criminal libel trial is still ongoing.
Libel and slander both require publication.
He alluded to past libel actions in which he was acquitted.
Libel cases prevent us from knowing this.
There is also libel and slander to consider.
Libel and slander against the business.
The first was a libel action taken by.
No libel suits had been brought against journalists.
He started out as a lawyer and is terrified of libel.
Slander and libel are two forms of defamation.
You prepare yourself for a libel suit.

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His libel suit never came to trial.
You might run into a libel suit.
And libel aplenty there is in these troves.
Truth is the best defense against libel.
Increase in libel cases of defaming the president.
We read about the suit for libel.
Blood libel is a false charge of ritual killing.
A few states have criminal libel laws.
The blood libel persists to this day.
There is such a thing as the law of libel.
The libel as regards him was therefore dismissed.
Take further steps to effectively decriminalise libel.
Slander and libel are both types of defamation.
As long as it does not lead to more libel suits.
Libel offences have been established in the press laws.
There is a thing called the libel law.
Other libel suits involved unproven cancer therapies.
I would have sued them for libel.
Outing may be found to be libel by a court of law.
There is also a pending bill to decriminalize libel.
Mumsnet founders demand libel law reform.
Ecuador rejected the recommendation on decriminalization of libel.
Thou shall not commit libel or curse.
You can not libel garbage by saying it stinks.
But then we can sue for libel.
She sued for libel and won.
I ought to sue that moron for libel.
They are printing libel about me again.
In the same year he was sued for libel.
Joe slapped a libel suit on him.
This is not merely a canard or blood libel.
I will do more than libel your name.
He pronounced the whole letter an atrocious libel.
You seem to be confusing libel with slander.
I am outraged to be accused with slander and libel.

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