| 单词 | libel |
| 释义 | libel n. & v. --n 1. Law a a published false statement damaging to a person's reputation (cf. SLANDER). b the act of publishing this. 2. a a false and defamatory written statement. b (foll. by on) a thing that brings discredit by misrepresentation etc. (the portrait is a libel on him; the book is a libel on human nature). 3. a (in civil and ecclesiastical law) the plaintiff's written declaration. b Sc. Law a statement of the grounds of a charge. 4. (in full public libel) Law the publication of a libel that also involves the criminal law. --vtr. (libelled, libelling; US libeled, libeling) 1. defame by libellous statements. 2. accuse falsely and maliciously. 3. Law publish a libel against. 4. (in ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against. Phrases and idioms criminal libel Law a deliberate defamatory statement in a permanent form. Derivatives libeller n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L libellus dimin. of liber book |
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