"libel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪbəl/ Audio: En-us-libel.ogg Forms: libels [plural]
enPR: līʹbəl Rhymes: -aɪbəl Etymology: From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewbʰ-|id=cut off}}, {{inh|en|enm|libel}} Middle English libel, {{uder|en|fro|libelle}} Old French libelle, {{uder|en|la|libellus||petition|lit=booklet}} Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} libel (countable and uncountable, plural libels)
  1. (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. Tags: countable Translations (defamatory false written statement): զրպարտություն (zrpartutʻyun) (Armenian), клевета (kleveta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), донос (donos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), libel [masculine] (Catalan), hanopis [masculine] (Czech), injurie [common-gender] (Danish), ærekrænkelse [common-gender] (Danish), æresfornærmelse [common-gender] (Danish), bagvaskelse [common-gender] (Danish), kalumnio (Esperanto), kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus (Finnish), kirjallinen herjaus (Finnish), häväistyskirjoitus (Finnish), calomnie f écrite (French), libelle [masculine] (French), schriftliche Verleumdung [feminine] (German), λίβελλος (lívellos) [masculine] (Greek), λιβελλογράφημα (livellográfima) [neuter] (Greek), calúnia [feminine] (Portuguese), клевета́ (klevetá) [feminine] (Russian), диффама́ция (diffamácija) [feminine] (Russian), calugna [feminine] (Sicilian), diffamazziuni [feminine] (Sicilian), libelo [masculine] (Spanish), calumnia [feminine] (Spanish), förtal [neuter] (Swedish), ärekränkning [common-gender] (Swedish), smädeskrift [common-gender] (Swedish), paninirang-puri (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-libel-en-noun-1iXe5Uok Disambiguation of 'defamatory false written statement': 40 11 13 28 9
  2. (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly. Tags: uncountable Translations (act or crime): զրպարտություն (zrpartutʻyun) (Armenian), difamació [feminine] (Catalan), pomluva [feminine] (Czech), injurie [common-gender] (Danish), ærekrænkelse [common-gender] (Danish), æresfornærmelse [common-gender] (Danish), bagvaskelse [common-gender] (Danish), kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus (Finnish), calomnie f écrite (French), schriftliche Verleumdung [feminine] (German), συκοφαντική δυσφήμηση (sykofantikí dysfímisi) [feminine] (Greek), leabhal [masculine] (Irish), diffamazione [feminine] (Italian), difamação [feminine] (Portuguese), клевета́ (klevetá) [feminine] (Russian), диффама́ция (diffamácija) [feminine] (Russian), calugna [feminine] (Sicilian), diffamazziuni [feminine] (Sicilian), difamación [feminine] (Spanish), förtal [neuter] (Swedish), ärekränkning [common-gender] (Swedish), enllib [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-libel-en-noun-cVTf3w4- Disambiguation of 'act or crime': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Crime Translations (any defamatory writing): пасквил (paskvil) [masculine] (Bulgarian), smædeskrift [neuter] (Danish), smaadschrift (Dutch), Schmähschrift (German), λιβελλογράφημα (livellográfima) [neuter] (Greek), σάτιρα (sátira) [feminine] (Greek), difamação [feminine] (Portuguese), libelo [masculine] (Portuguese), пасквиль (paskvilʹ) [masculine] (Russian), calugna [feminine] (Sicilian), diffamazziuni [feminine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-libel-en-noun-p3FuXEPd Disambiguation of Crime: 4 8 13 25 23 15 12 Categories (other): English calculator words Disambiguation of English calculator words: 8 9 10 16 15 20 21 Disambiguation of 'any defamatory writing': 2 1 80 0 18
  4. (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Law, Crime, Law Translations (statement by the plaintiff): kunnianloukkauskanne (Finnish), libelo [masculine] (Portuguese), жа́лоба (žáloba) [feminine] (Russian), исковое заявле́ние (iskovoje zajavlénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-libel-en-noun-GuLBOg4p Disambiguation of Crime: 4 8 13 25 23 15 12 Disambiguation of Law: 3 7 10 23 24 18 15 Categories (other): English calculator words Disambiguation of English calculator words: 8 9 10 16 15 20 21 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'statement by the plaintiff': 16 9 0 69 6
  5. (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Crime, Law
    Sense id: en-libel-en-noun-1T7AIBlT Disambiguation of Crime: 4 8 13 25 23 15 12 Disambiguation of Law: 3 7 10 23 24 18 15 Categories (other): English calculator words Disambiguation of English calculator words: 8 9 10 16 15 20 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blasphemous libel, libel tourism

Verb

IPA: /ˈlaɪbəl/ Audio: En-us-libel.ogg Forms: libels [present, singular, third-person], libelling [UK, participle, present], libeling [US, participle, present], libelled [UK, participle, past], libelled [UK, past], libeled [US, participle, past], libeled [US, past]
enPR: līʹbəl Rhymes: -aɪbəl Etymology: From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewbʰ-|id=cut off}}, {{inh|en|enm|libel}} Middle English libel, {{uder|en|fro|libelle}} Old French libelle, {{uder|en|la|libellus||petition|lit=booklet}} Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=libeled|past2_qual=US|past_qual=UK|pres_ptc2=libeling|pres_ptc2_qual=US|pres_ptc_qual=UK}} libel (third-person singular simple present libels, present participle (UK) libelling or (US) libeling, simple past and past participle (UK) libelled or (US) libeled), {{term-label|en|transitive|law}} (transitive, law)
  1. To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Crime, Law Synonyms: defame Translations (to defame someone): διαβάλλω (diabállō) (Ancient Greek), клеветя (klevetja) (Bulgarian), злепоставям (zlepostavjam) (Bulgarian), 讒謗 /谗谤 (chánbàng) (Chinese Mandarin), pomluvit (Czech), bagtale (Danish), bagvaske (Danish), difamar (Galician), (schriftlich) verleumden (German), rágalmaz (Hungarian), клевети (kleveti) [feminine] (Macedonian), наклевети (nakleveti) [feminine] (Macedonian), defăima (Romanian), клевета́ть (klevetátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), наклевета́ть (naklevetátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), оклеветать (oklevetatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), дискредитировать (diskreditirovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), позорить (pozoritʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опозорить (opozoritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ohovoriť [perfective] (Slovak), libelar (Spanish), förtala (Swedish), ärekränka (Swedish), smutskasta (Swedish), hakaret etmek (Turkish), iftira etmek (Turkish), karalamak (english: somebody) (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-libel-en-verb-GE8TItXA Disambiguation of Crime: 4 8 13 25 23 15 12 Disambiguation of Law: 3 7 10 23 24 18 15 Categories (other): English calculator words, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English calculator words: 8 9 10 16 15 20 21 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 12 6 15 48 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 5 12 10 15 40 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 4 13 9 11 45 7 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 4 0 0 1 4 2 5 3 6 16 2 16 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 5 0 0 1 4 1 5 1 4 16 1 15 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 10 6 10 16 21 31 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 7 19 7 22 32 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 9 7 15 8 20 32 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 6 11 11 18 39 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 7 12 9 17 39 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 6 12 13 17 33 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 5 12 7 15 49 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 5 14 10 12 40 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 4 14 9 15 43 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 7 12 9 17 39 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 4 13 10 12 41 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 10 7 12 9 17 39 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 5 13 9 12 43 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 9 4 11 14 17 36 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 5 9 14 21 34 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 6 12 9 19 38 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 4 14 7 12 45 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 10 6 11 10 17 37 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 6 11 12 18 35 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 6 12 9 16 37 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 7 12 9 17 39 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 4 14 7 12 45 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 10 7 12 9 17 39 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 10 6 11 10 17 37 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 4 13 7 11 49 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 6 12 9 17 41 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 10 7 12 9 17 39 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 10 6 12 9 17 41 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 11 5 14 9 12 41 8 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to defame someone': 99 1
  2. To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Crime, Law
    Sense id: en-libel-en-verb-hE6Rxmu8 Disambiguation of Crime: 4 8 13 25 23 15 12 Disambiguation of Law: 3 7 10 23 24 18 15 Categories (other): English calculator words Disambiguation of English calculator words: 8 9 10 16 15 20 21 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blood libel, libelant, libel chill, libelee, libeler, libelist, libelous Related terms: defamation, defame, slander

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2002, Spider-Man:",
          "text": "Peter Parker: Spider-Man wasn't trying to attack the city, he was trying to save it. That's slander.",
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        [
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        "(countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation."
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "40 11 13 28 9",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
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        {
          "_dis1": "40 11 13 28 9",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "word": "kalumnio"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "word": "kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "word": "kirjallinen herjaus"
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        {
          "_dis1": "40 11 13 28 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "word": "häväistyskirjoitus"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "word": "calomnie f écrite"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "libelle"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "schriftliche Verleumdung"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lívellos",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "λίβελλος"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "livellográfima",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
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          "word": "λιβελλογράφημα"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "calúnia"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "klevetá",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "клевета́"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "diffamácija",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "диффама́ция"
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
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          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "diffamazziuni"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "libelo"
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          "_dis1": "40 11 13 28 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "calumnia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 11 13 28 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "förtal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 11 13 28 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ärekränkning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 11 13 28 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "smädeskrift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 11 13 28 9",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
          "word": "paninirang-puri"
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        "(uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly."
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zrpartutʻyun",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "word": "զրպարտություն"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "difamació"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pomluva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "injurie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ærekrænkelse"
        },
        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "æresfornærmelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "bagvaskelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "word": "kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "word": "calomnie f écrite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "schriftliche Verleumdung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sykofantikí dysfímisi",
          "sense": "act or crime",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "He libelled her when he published that.",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "klevetja",
          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "клеветя"
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          "roman": "zlepostavjam",
          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "злепоставям"
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          "roman": "chánbàng",
          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "讒謗 /谗谤"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "pomluvit"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "bagtale"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "bagvaske"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "note": "loukata jonkun kunniaa kirjallisesti",
          "sense": "to defame someone"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "difamar"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "(schriftlich) verleumden"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "διαβάλλω"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "word": "rágalmaz"
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          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "defăima"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "клевета́ть"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "libelar"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "förtala"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "to defame someone",
          "word": "hakaret etmek"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "english": "somebody",
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      "word": "calúnia"
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      "word": "клевета́"
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      "sense": "defamatory false written statement",
      "word": "paninirang-puri"
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      "roman": "zrpartutʻyun",
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      "word": "զրպարտություն"
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      "word": "kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus"
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      "word": "calomnie f écrite"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "statement by the plaintiff",
      "word": "kunnianloukkauskanne"
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      "word": "blood libel"
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      "word": "libelee"
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      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "клеветя"
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      "sense": "to defame someone",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "bagtale"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "bagvaske"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "note": "loukata jonkun kunniaa kirjallisesti",
      "sense": "to defame someone"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "difamar"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "(schriftlich) verleumden"
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      "roman": "diabállō",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "διαβάλλω"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "rágalmaz"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kleveti",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "клевети"
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      "sense": "to defame someone",
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      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "defăima"
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      "roman": "klevetátʹ",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "клевета́ть"
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      "roman": "naklevetátʹ",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
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      "word": "наклевета́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "oklevetatʹ",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "оклеветать"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diskreditirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "дискредитировать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "pozoritʹ",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
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      "sense": "to defame someone",
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ohovoriť"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "libelar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "förtala"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "ärekränka"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "smutskasta"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "hakaret etmek"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "iftira etmek"
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      "code": "tr",
      "english": "somebody",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to defame someone",
      "word": "karalamak"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.