slander - Longman Dictionary

slander · slanderslan‧der · a spoken statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of him or her, or the ... slanderFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishRelatedtopics:Crimeslanderslan‧der1/ˈslɑːndə$ˈslændər/noun    1[countable,uncountable]UNTRUEafalsespokenstatementaboutsomeone,intendedtodamagethegoodopinionthatpeoplehaveofthatperson→libel2[uncountable]SCCthecrimeofmakingfalsespokenstatementsaboutsomeone→libel  Heisbeingsuedforslander.ExamplesfromtheCorpusslander•Rineycountersuedherforslander,andthetwosettledoutofcourt.•Canateachersueaprincipalforslanderformakingcriticalremarksabouthisorherteachingtechniques?•Later,helearnedthathewasbeingsuedforslander.•Whatconstitutionalconsiderationsapplyincasesoflibelorslander?•Who,ifnotI,shoulddefendyouagainstsuchslanders?•Theslanderspreadlikewildfireandwasonlycheckedwhenthedrunkwhoinventeditconfessedinamagistratescourt.•Courtsinsomestatestreatslanderandlibeldifferently.•InmostcasesthiswasslanderbutIhaveseeninstanceswhereitwasnotfarfromthetruth.slanderslander2verb[transitive]    LIE/TELLALIEtosayfalsethingsaboutsomeoneinordertodamageotherpeople’sgoodopinionofthem→libel→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpusslander•Andthatstatementisnotmeanttoslanderanybody.•Sheslanderedherhusband,herfriends,andherownself.•Afterthesong,HeatherusedthelittleinspirationaltalktoslanderMissPoole.•Whenanindividualisslanderedorlibeled,howistheamountofdamagesdetermined?•Inawrittenorder,Yeltsinchargedhiserstwhilebuddywithslanderingthepresidentandhisfamilyanddisclosingstatesecrets.•YousaidyouweregoingtowriteapieceonopinionpollsandthenyouwroteastoryslanderingthePrimeMinister.FromLongmanBusinessDictionaryslanderslan‧der1/ˈslɑːndəˈslændər/noun[countable,uncountable]LAWaspokenstatementaboutsomeonethatisnottrueandisintendedtodamagethegoodopinionthatpeoplehaveofhimorher,orthelegaloffenceofmakingastatementofthiskindThecompanyisbeingsuedforslanderbyfourpharmacistswhosaytheretailerpubliclyruinedtheirreputations.slanderslander2verb[transitive]LAWtosayuntruethingsaboutsomeoneinordertodamageotherpeople’sgoodopinionofthemSmithslanderedhimbyaccusinghimofproposinganillegalbusinessdeal.→SeeVerbtableOriginslander1(1200-1300)OldFrenchesclandre,fromLateLatinscandalum;→ SCANDAL Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Occupations Education Oceanography Hair&beauty Seealltopics Wordoftheday ballot asystemofvoting,usuallyinsecret,oranoccasionwhenyouvoteinthisway VerbtableslanderPresentI,you,we,theyslanderhe,she,itslanders >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theyslanderedPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhaveslanderedhe,she,ithasslanderedPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadslanderedFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillslanderFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhaveslandered >ViewLess PresentIamslanderinghe,she,itisslandering >ViewMore you,we,theyareslanderingPastI,he,she,itwasslanderingyou,we,theywereslanderingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeenslanderinghe,she,ithasbeenslanderingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeenslanderingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbeslanderingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeenslandering >ViewLess