libel
US: /ˈɫaɪbəɫ/
UK: /lˈaɪbəl/
UK: /lˈaɪbəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
libel /'laibəl/
- danh từ
- lời phỉ báng (trên sách báo); bài viết có tính chất phỉ báng; điều phỉ báng, điều bôi nhọ, điều vu oan giá hoạ
- (pháp lý) tội phỉ báng
- (pháp lý) đơn bên nguyên
- ngoại động từ
- phỉ báng, bôi nhọ (ai) (trên sách báo); đưa ra lời phỉ báng, đưa ra bài văn phỉ báng, đưa ra tranh vẽ phỉ báng (ai)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [U, C] the act of printing a statement about sb that is not true and that gives people a bad opinion of them; a printed statement about sb that is not true: He sued the newspaper for libel. + a libel action (= a case in a court of law)
Compare: SLANDER
+ verb (-ll-, AmE -l-) [VN] to publish a written statement about sb that is not true: He claimed he had been libelled in an article the magazine had published.
Compare: SLANDER
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 defamation, vilification, denigration, denunciation, deprecation, depreciation, belittlement, disparagement, derogation, disgrace, ill repute, dishonour, obloquy, shame, humiliation, mortification:
His entire conversation is a perpetual libel on his acquaintances.
2 slander, calumny, lie, falsehood, prevarication, untruth, misrepresentation, aspersion, innuendo, insinuation, slur, smear, blot, stain, smirch, stigma:
For years he suffered the libels circulated by his ex-mistress.
v.
3 defame, vilify, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, belittle, disparage, derogate, disgrace, dishonour, shame, humiliate, mortify:
He claims to have been libelled by an article in the newspaper.
4 slander, calumniate, lie about, misrepresent, asperse, insinuate, slur, smear, malign, stain, blacken, discredit, besmirch, stigmatize, traduce, vilify, Rare vilipend, Colloq chiefly US bad-mouth:
There is often a fine line between libelling a person and exercising freedom of speech.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
alleged | criminal, seditious
VERB + LIBEL
sue (sb) for | claim | deny
LIBEL + NOUN
action, case, proceedings, suit | writ | law, lawyer | damages
PREP.
~ against
He has issued a writ for libel against the radio star Michael Clery.
CRIMES:
be guilty of, commit ~
Two key witnesses at her trial committed perjury.
accuse sb of, charge sb with ~
He has been accused of her murder.
convict sb of, find sb guilty of ~
She was found guilty of high treason.
acquit sb of ~
The engineer responsible for the collapse of the bridge was acquitted of manslaughter.
admit, confess to, deny ~
All three men have denied assault. She admitted 33 assault charges.
plead guilty/not guilty to ~
He pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency.
investigate (sb for) ~
She is being investigated for suspected bribery.
be suspected for/of ~
He was the least likely to be suspected of her murder.
be/come under investigation for ~
She was the second minister to come under investigation for corruption.
be wanted for ~ be wanted on charges of ~
He was wanted on charges of espionage.
solve
a case, crime, murder, robbery, theftThe police and the public must work together to solve the murder.
arrest sb for ~
Jean was arrested for arson.
be tried for, stand trial for ~
to stand trial for extortion
~ case/trial
The nurse's murder trial continues.
~ charge
The police agreed to drop the conspiracy charges against him.
a charge/count of ~
The jury convicted her on two counts of theft.
Concise English dictionary
libelled|libelling|libels|libeled|libeling'laɪbl
noun
+a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
+the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
verb
+print slanderous statements against
