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defamation

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Definitions of defamation

English

the fact of damaging the reputation of a person or a group of people by publishing (=libel) or saying (=slander) bad things about them that are not true

A French court rejected a defamation suit against Brigitte Bardot filed by a French radio host she called "a little jerk" on air.