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Synonyms for libel

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a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

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the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks

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print slanderous statements against

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Speaking of Trump's penchant for showcasing undocumented immigrants who had allegedly committed grisly crimes, then putting victims' grieving mothers on display at the Republican National Convention and elsewhere, Marshall zeroed in on the candidate's emotional manipulation of the audience: "There's no other word for this but incitement and blood libel."
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A LARGE libel payout awarded to Kate and Gerry McCann will help fund the search for their missing daughter Madeleine.
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The "blood libel," according to which Jews use Christian blood in their rites, has been responsible for the spilling of some Jewish blood and a lot more ink.
Some blood, and a lot more ink
The Palestinian Authority's newest Arabic language libel in a report this week on PA TV is that Israel is now making "bombs and mines designed as toys" and dropping them from airplanes in populated areas where children play with them and are blown up.
New Palestinian Libel: Israel Puts Bombs in Toys to Kill Children
Figurations of sodomitical royal patronage -- in literary fictions and libels -- reflect this concern.
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However, the ISP's efforts do raise an interesting question: if it is scouring its news servers for possible libel, would the defense of "innocent dissemination" be inapplicable for any future libels suits arising from usenet postings?
Demon Pulls Usenet Access Over Libel Fears
The $30 million libel suit against online gossip Matt Drudge has little to do with justice - or the Internet.
The drudge retort
LEEDS United chairman Ken Bates has to pay pounds 50,000 libel damages to a former director of the club who alleged he was "persecuted".
Bates to pay pounds 50k libel damages; COURT
THE Irish Mirror yesterday won its Supreme Court appeal against the second highest libel award in Irish legal history.
SUPREME COURT BACKS IRISH MIRROR; Judges overturn libel payout to O'Brien
The crime of blasphemous libel (written as opposed to verbal) was first introduced into the Criminal Code in 1892.
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