slander
21slander — slan•der [[t]ˈslæn dər[/t]] n. 1) defamation; calumny 2) a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report 3) law Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc 4) to utter slander against; defame 5) to utter or… …
22slander — /ˈslændə / (say slanduh), /ˈslandə/ (say slahnduh) noun 1. defamation; calumny. 2. a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report. 3. Law defamation in a transient form, as speech. –verb (t) 4. to utter slander concerning; defame. –verb… …
23slander — libel, slander 1. Libel is a published false statement that is damaging to a person s reputation, whereas slander is a malicious false statement that is spoken about a person. In popular usage the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but the …
24slander — [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… …
25slander — I. transitive verb (slandered; slandering) Date: 13th century to utter slander against ; defame Synonyms: see malign • slanderer noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English sclaundre, slaundre …
26slander — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scandal, aspersion, defamation, calumny, disparagement. See detraction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. defamation, calumny, scandal, libel; see lie 1 . v. Syn. vilify, defame, calumniate, asperse, decry,… …
27slander — 1 noun 1 (C) a false spoken statement about someone that is intended to damage the good opinion that people have 2 (U) the legal offence of making a statement of this kind: The doctor was awarded record damages against her partners for slander.… …
28slander — 1. noun he could sue us for slander Syn: defamation (of character), character assassination, calumny, libel; scandalmongering, malicious gossip, disparagement, denigration, aspersions, vilification, traducement, obloquy; lie, slur, smear, false… …
29slander — [ˈslɑːndə] noun [C/U] legal the crime of saying something about someone that is not true and that is likely to damage their reputation slander verb [T] …
30slander — In modern usage, the speaking of base and defamatory words which tend to prejudice another in his reputation, office, trade, business, or means of livelihood. 33 Am J1st L & S § 3. The term slander was formerly used as including both written and… …
