slanderer
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Across the Atlantic it's the opposite: the burden of proof rests with the alleged slanderer, who has to prove what they said is true.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2022
"A thief can give back the thing he stole, a slanderer can acknowledge his calumny," Dolz thinks to herself.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013
Only during the final minutes, when Berlusconi denounced Marco Travaglio, an editorialist who also appears on the program, for being a "professional slanderer", were there sparks - when Santoro got angry.
From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2013
The snake and the slanderer, according to Krylov, engaged in a solemn argument as to which should go first, and each said the honor should be his.
From Time Magazine Archive
The publication of the same slander by different persons is not a joint tort, it is a distinct wrong done by each slanderer.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
