Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - slander
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Slander
slander
~1 n 1 a false spoken statement about someone that is intended to damage the good opinion that people have 2 the legal offence of making a statement of this kind (The doctor was awarded record damages against her partners for slander.) (- compare libel1) - slanderer n ~2 v to say untrue things about someone in order to damage other people's good opinion of them
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(slanders, slandering, slandered) 1. Slander is an untrue spoken statement about someone which is intended to damage their reputation. Compare libel. Dr. Bach is now suing the company for slander... N-VAR 2. To slander someone means to say untrue things about them in order to damage their reputation. He has been questioned on suspicion of slandering the Prime Minister. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 13th century to utter ~ against ; defame Synonyms: see malign • ~er noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English sclaundre, slaundre, from Anglo-French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block, offense — more at scandal Date: 14th century 1. the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another's reputation 2. a false and defamatory oral statement about a person — compare libel • ~ous adjective • ~ously adverb • ~ousness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a malicious, false, and injurious statement spoken about a person. 2 the uttering of such statements; calumny. 3 Law false oral defamation (cf. LIBEL). --v.tr. utter slander about; defame falsely. Derivatives slanderer n. slanderous adj. slanderously adv. Etymology: ME sclaundre f. AF esclaundre, OF esclandre alt. f. escandle f. LL scandalum: see SCANDAL ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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клевета – slander of quality – slander of title SLANDER сущ. клевета (в устной форме), опорочивание ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. клевета, злословие the report is a vile slander —- это сообщение - подлая клевета 2. юр. устная клевета; устное оскорбление 3. клеветать, злословить; поносить, порочить, чернить to slander smb. —- клеветать на кого-либо he was badly slandered by his enemies —- враги распускали о нем гнусную клевету 4. юр. клеветать, оскорблять устно ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1280, from Anglo-Fr. esclaundre, O.Fr. esclandre "scandalous statement," alteration of escandle "scandal," from L. scandalum "cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation" (see scandal). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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