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libel
noun as in purposeful lie about someone, often malicious
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verb as in purposefully lie about someone
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And he is still at war with the Murdoch empire, even recently filing a libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, its publisher Dow Jones and News Corp.
Israel has accused the case of having antisemitic motivations, calling it a "blood libel", in reference to historic allegations that Jewish communities ritually murder Christian children.
Chief Executive Robert Thomson for libel the next day.
Fox that spring agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million — one of the largest payouts ever for a U.S. libel suit.
In September a French court found two women guilty of libel for spreading the false claims about Brigitte Macron, however that decision was overturned on appeal earlier this month, according to the AFP news agency.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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