Crossword-Solution: LIBEL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Libel | n. | A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc. |
| Libel | n. | Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. |
| Libel | n. | A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law. |
| Libel | n. | The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication. |
| Libel | n. | A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks. |
| Libel | v. t. | To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon. |
| Libel | v. t. | To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods. |
| Libel | v. i. | To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LIBEL | anagram | BELLI, BILLE, EBILL, ILLBE |
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Sentences with LIBEL (5)
The antics of the Kay family earned Mason a respectable following in his articles and contributions as well as several libel and slander suits from the Kays.
And this they shall feel in its fulness; Here my fame has its birth and beginning; And the stout spears of battle shall see it, If I 'scape from their hands with my life.” Then the brothers set on foot a law-suit against him for libel.
But a man may perpetrate international libel, which is a very heinous and far-reaching offence, and there is no law in the world which can punish him.
Either his doctrine is false, in which case he is a “false doctor” and seditious; or, if it be true, why does he “avow and approve the contrare, I mean that regiment in the Queen of England’s person; which he avoweth and approveth, not only praying for the maintenance of her estate, but also procuring her aid and support against his own native country?” Knox answered the libel, as his wont was, next Sunday, from the pulpit.
Stone's motley collection is a cotton print handkerchief, upon which are recorded scenes from the career of the emperor; the thing must have been of English manufacture, for only an Englishman (inspired by that fear and that hatred of Bonaparte which only Englishmen had) could have devised this atrocious libel.
Quotes with LIBEL (3)
To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can mak…
Remember that you own what happened to you. If your childhood was less than ideal, you may have been raised thinking that if you told the truth about what really went on in your family, a long bony white finger would emerge from a cloud and point to you, while a chilling voice thundered, "We *told* you not to tell." But that was then. Just put down on paper everything you can remember now about your parents and siblings and relatives and neighbors, and we will deal with libel later on.
... the Conservative party found him an embarrassment because he was apt to criticize the party leader in public, the Liberals naturally wanted to defeat him, and the newspapers were out to get him. It was a dreadful campaign on his part, for he lost his head, bullied his electors when he should have wooed them, and got into a wrangle with a large newspaper, which he threatened to sue for libel. He was defeated on election day so decisively that it was obviously a personal rather than a political rejection.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 231 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).