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

During a mad contest for the 100 vacant parliamentary seats, the art of calumnious oratory was carried to heights seldom or never attained before.

From Time Magazine Archive

All sorts of calumnious statements were allowed to be made in the House of Commons as to the conduct of the mob, by paid spies of the government.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne