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defamatory

/dih-fam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // dɪˈfæm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (dɪˈfæmətərɪ, -trɪ) //

诽谤性,诋毁性,诽谤,诽谤性的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : containing defamation; injurious to reputation; slanderous or libelous: She claimed that the article in the magazine was defamatory.

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Examples

  • The legal demand letter prominently alleged “demonstrably false information and defamatory statements about Smartmatic” that were made by guests Giuliani and Powell on shows hosted by Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo.

  • Prospect’s claim appears to refer to a written response from Aleman’s attorney to its assertion, in a letter threatening legal action, that Aleman had made three specific “defamatory” statements about the company to ProPublica.

  • Describing this claim as “baseless,” Aleman’s attorney replied that Aleman “steadfastly and wholly denies making any defamatory statements, including the ones generally alleged in your letter.”

  • A Prospect lawyer also wrote Aleman, accusing him of making “false and defamatory” statements to ProPublica.

  • In a letter responding to the company, Aleman’s lawyer denied that his client made any defamatory statements.

  • In court, Kimberlin was both outraged at the “pedophile” claims and slippery about whether they were defamatory.

  • The jurors could “send a message” that bitter, defamatory blogging and tweeting was unacceptable.

  • She calls shady allusions about her family “defamatory and degrading,” and “clearly anti-Semitic.”

  • Singer and his legal representatives have denied all claims, calling them defamatory and “without merit.”

  • We are very confident that Bryan will be vindicated in this absurd and defamatory lawsuit.

  • A person has no cause of action against another for defamatory words spoken to him; they must have been heard by a third person.

  • As the gist of the tort consists of the injury done to one's reputation, the defamatory statement must have been published.

  • No intent can, make a defamatory publication good, nothing can make it have a good tendency; truth is not pleadable.

  • These defamatory statements were usually first noticed in some religious paper or periodical.

  • This lampooner had the honour of being hanged at Rome for his defamatory publications.