slander
11slander — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ gross (BrE), malicious, vicious, vile VERB + SLANDER ▪ be guilty of ▪ sue sb for …
12slander — The speaking of base and defamatory words tending to prejudice another in his reputation, community standing, office, trade, business, or means of livelihood. Little Stores v. Isenberg, 26 Tenn.App. 357, 172 S.W.2d 13, 16. Oral defamation; the… …
13slander — I UK [ˈslɑːndə(r)] / US [ˈslændər] noun Word forms slander : singular slander plural slanders 1) [uncountable] legal the crime of saying something about someone that is not true and is likely to damage their reputation 2) [countable/uncountable]… …
14slander — slanderer, n. slanderingly, adv. slanderous, adj. slanderously, adv. slanderousness, n. /slan deuhr/, n. 1. defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander. 2. a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name …
15slander — {{11}}slander (n.) late 13c., from Anglo Fr. esclaundre, O.Fr. esclandre scandalous statement, alteration of escandle scandal, from L. scandalum cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation (see SCANDAL (Cf. scandal)). {{12}}slander (v.) c.1300 …
16slander — [[t]slɑ͟ːndə(r), slæ̱n [/t]] slanders, slandering, slandered 1) N VAR Slander is an untrue spoken statement about someone which is intended to damage their reputation. Compare libel. Dr. Bach is now suing the company for slander... Korea has been …
17slander — n. to spread slander * * * [ slɑːndə] to spread slander …
18slander — slan|der1 [ˈsla:ndə US ˈslændər] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: esclandre, from Late Latin scandalum; SCANDAL] 1.) [U and C] a false spoken statement about someone, intended to damage the good opinion that people have of that person… …
19slander — slan|der1 [ slændər ] noun 1. ) count or uncount something bad that you say about someone that is not true and may damage their reputation: What you said about Barbara is cruel and vicious slander. 2. ) uncount LEGAL the crime of saying something …
20slander — [13] Slander and scandal are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’. This passed into Old French as escandle, which in due course had its consonants switched round to produce esclandre, source of English… …
