libel
Example Sentences
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One newspaper denounced “The Playboy of the Western World” as an “unmitigated, prolonged libel upon Irish peasant men and, worse still, upon Irish peasant girlhood.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The case type is described as "Media and Communication -- Part 7 Claim -- Defamation -- libel and slander".
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
In 1932 she reported on the libel trial brought against Hitler by a former Nazi henchman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Smart Shirts Ltd, a Hong Kong supplier of garments with customers in the UK, brought a claim for libel, alleging it had been defamed as its name was included.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
And her parties, and their vigorous libel actions against national newspapers.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing libel
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