calumnious

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Garland wasn’t such an easy target: He helped to prosecute the Oklahoma City bombing attackers and the Unabomber, so calumnious condemnations of his work as a lawyer wouldn’t fly.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2016

"I decided not to waive this fundamental right to restore my honor, dignity and integrity following the calumnious accusations I suffered," Temarii wrote in a letter released by the OFC.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2010

Earlier this spring, the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, dismissed news reports questioning the pope’s role handling abuse as archbishop of Munich in 1980 and as prefect for the Vatican’s doctrinal office as a calumnious “attack.”

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2010

From rollicking laughter and sounds of "Have you heard this one?" the attention of the party was directed to serious, biting and calumnious speeches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Remember, besides, that in the world we live in, they who wreck character are not the calumnious, they are simply the idle,—the men and women who, having nothing to do, do mischief without knowing.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James