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Examples of slander in a Sentence
She was accused of slandering her former boss.
Recent Examples of slander from the Web
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And, look, the lawsuit against Christopher Steele is very important, because Christopher Steele slandered a lot of people in that dossier.
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McCabe has vigorously disputed the allegations and said his credibility came under attack as ‘‘part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally’’ but also the FBI and law enforcement.
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This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally.
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This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally.
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In the span of several Sunday-morning tweets, the president trained his ire at several familiar targets while, as usual, taking care to avoid slandering Russia.
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Moe said Miller tried to end Moe's business and slandered his family's name, according to court documents.
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The media has been in training—and often paid—to slime me and to slander me for years.
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The pope said in Chile that victims in that abuse case were slandering a bishop allegedly involved in a cover-up of what happened, triggering outrage in Chile and beyond.
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First Known Use of slander
13th century
Synonym Discussion of slander
malign, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, defame, slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying.
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- the most maligned monarch in British history
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- so traduced the governor that he was driven from office
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- both candidates aspersed the other's motives
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- no criminal was more vilified in the press
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- falsely calumniated as a traitor
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- sued them for defaming her reputation
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- town gossips slandered their good name
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: the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another's reputation
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: a false and defamatory oral statement about a person — compare libel
Examples of slander in a Sentence
She is being sued for slander.
He was a target of slander.
We've heard countless unsupported slanders about her.
Recent Examples of slander from the Web
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The businessman responded with his own lawsuit alleging invasion of privacy and slander.
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Her advocacy has also put her in the crosshairs, and prosecutors have charged her with slander against Turkish officials, as well as the prophet Muhammad.
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Constant minority-catalysed chastisement and slander washed over those attempting to find some way back into the contest, with smatterings of obtuse cries to the absent owner a periodic encore.
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Poland’s right-wing government says its goal is to defend the nation from slander, but scholars say the result is to stifle inquiry and reconciliation.
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The case has dented the reputation of Pope Francis, who sparked outrage in Chile during a recent visit by strongly defending Barros and saying accusations against him were slander.
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Donald Trump used his sacrifice, his heroism, and his patriotism as a platform for political slander.
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Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice was formed in 2005 to organize opposition to the landfill, and the landfill's owners sued the group in 2016 for libel and slander, seeking $30 million in damages.
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The two sides have traded accusations of misconduct, incompetence, bullying and, after one ugly hallway confrontation between two of the attorneys, even slander.
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slander Synonyms
Synonyms
aspersing, blackening, defamation, defaming, libel, libeling (or libelling), maligning, smearing, traducing, vilification, vilifying;
Near Antonyms
Related Words
abuse, invective, vituperation;
attack, censure, criticism, denunciation;
belittlement, denigration, disparagement;
hatefulness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom, viciousness;
Other Legal Terms
SLANDER Defined for English Language Learners
slander
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: the act of making a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone
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: a false spoken statement that is made to cause people to have a bad opinion of someone
SLANDER Defined for Kids
slandered;
slandering
: to make a false and damaging statement against
: a false statement that damages another person's reputation
Law Dictionary
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: defamation of a person by unprivileged oral communication made to a third party;
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: defamatory oral statements
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: the tort of oral defamation
- sued his former employer for slander
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An action for slander may be brought without alleging and proving special damages if the statements in question have a plainly harmful character, as by imputing to the plaintiff criminal guilt, serious sexual misconduct, or conduct or a characteristic affecting his or her business or profession.
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