libel
Example Sentences
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In August, Clarke lost his libel case against the Guardian, after he sued the newspaper's publisher.
From BBC • Feb. 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
Upon its publication in 1857, two years after the death of the author of “Jane Eyre,” Gaskell received angry letters, threats of libel lawsuits and outraged responses from Brontë’s father and her widower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
The defendants also include a woman already the subject of a libel complaint filed by Brigitte Macron in 2022: Delphine J., 51, a self-proclaimed spiritual medium who goes by the pseudonym Amandine Roy.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
If so, this was unusual: Most professional journalists retain interview transcripts lest what they’ve written generate a charge of libel or invasion of privacy.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.