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"sense": "defamatory, libeling",
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"word": "calomnieux"
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"sense": "defamatory, libeling",
"word": "verleumderisch"
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"sense": "defamatory, libeling",
"word": "diffamatorio"
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"sense": "defamatory, libeling",
"word": "oszczerczy"
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"roman": "klevetníčeskij",
"sense": "defamatory, libeling",
"word": "клеветни́ческий"
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"sense": "meeting the legal standards for libel",
"word": "herjaava"
},
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"sense": "meeting the legal standards for libel",
"word": "kunniaa loukkaava"
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"sense": "meeting the legal standards for libel",
"word": "diffamatoire"
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"word": "verleumderisch"
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"word": "клеветни́ческий"
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