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defame

/dih-feym/US // dɪˈfeɪm //UK // (dɪˈfeɪm) //

诋毁,诽谤,毁谤,诽谤罪

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·famed, de·fam·ing.

    • : to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
    • : Archaic. to disgrace; bring dishonor upon.
    • : Archaic. to accuse.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbinflict libel or slander
Forms: defamed

Examples

  • Aijaz Jakhrani criticised his political opponents for playing dirty tricks to defame him by posting obscene pictures and stories after hacking his Facebook page.

  • Sullivan claimed he’d been defamed by false statements in an advertisement, published in the Times, accusing him of committing violence against civil rights activists.

  • The fact that after this advice, Governor Cuomo instructed surrogates to attack and defame those who courageously came forward with their stories should not be lost on anyone.

  • The Constitution does not give publishers license to defame.

  • But this is often seen as little more than a way of trying to defame Edward III on the continent.

  • Mr. Taniguchi allegedly continued to defame her to clients, intimidating them into dropping commercial deals with her.

  • You could see in his eyes that he knew the Army would defame him, but he knew he was in the right.

  • Sometimes she does it to defame them, other times to make it seem as if they shared her ideology.

  • I hope to be able to teach you that it's one thing to defy a board of directors, and it's another to defame a respectable man.

  • They defame one another, and mutually treat each other as impostors and false teachers.

  • Yessum, she said a absolute piece of po'try what I would not defame my lips by repeating to you.

  • Their plan of life is to defame other people, and by this means proclaim their own superiority over other weak mortals.

  • Oh, you are wrong to defame St. Jeans; it is badly kept but it well keeps its famous ones.