difamación

f.

1 defamation, character assassination, mud-slinging, mudslinging.

2 defamatory statement, calumny.

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difamación

► nombre femenino

1 defamation, slander

2 (por escrito) libel

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noun f.

libel, slander

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SF

1) [al hablar] slander (de of)

2) [por escrito] libel (de on)

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femenino (por escrito) libel, defamation (frml); (oral) slander, defamation (frml)

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= denigrating, libel, defamation, slander, slur.

Ex. Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.

Ex. In 1900, a 'Public Libraries Bill' was passed containing a provision exempting library managers and authorities from legal proceedings for libel.

Ex. The author describes laws applicable to breaches of privacy dealing with: the laws of privacy, confidence, trespass, nuisance, defamation and theft.

Ex. Both libel and slander are forms of defamation: libel is defamation in writing, while slander is spoken.

Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.

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* campaña de difamación = smear campaign.

* leyes contra la difamación = laws of libel.

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femenino (por escrito) libel, defamation (frml); (oral) slander, defamation (frml)

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= denigrating, libel, defamation, slander, slur.

Ex: Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.

Ex: In 1900, a 'Public Libraries Bill' was passed containing a provision exempting library managers and authorities from legal proceedings for libel.

Ex: The author describes laws applicable to breaches of privacy dealing with: the laws of privacy, confidence, trespass, nuisance, defamation and theft.

Ex: Both libel and slander are forms of defamation: libel is defamation in writing, while slander is spoken.

Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.

* campaña de difamación = smear campaign.

* leyes contra la difamación = laws of libel.

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difamación

feminine

(por escrito) libel, defamation (frml); (oralmente) slander, defamation (frml)

se va a querellar contra la revista por difamación she is going to sue the magazine for libel

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difamación f Jur defamation
'difamación' also found in these entries:
English:
character assasination
- defamation
- libel
- slander
- slur
- smear

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difamación nf

[verbal] slander; [escrita] libel;

querellarse contra alguien por difamación to sue sb for libel

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difamación

f defamation; de palabra slander; por escrito libel

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difamación nf, pl -ciones : defamation, slander