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Slander Definition

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Etymology

13th century. Via Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skandalon, “scandal”).

Noun

slander (plural slanders)

  1. a false, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement

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Verb

to slander (third-person singular simple present slanders, present participle slandering, simple past and past participle slandered)

  1. to utter a slanderous statement

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Translations

utter a slanderous statement
  • Czech: pomluvit cs(cs)
  • Danish: bagtale da(da)
  • Dutch: smaden nl(nl)
  • Finnish: panetella fi(fi)
  • French: calomnier fr(fr)
  • German: verleumden de(de)
  • Greek: συκοφαντώ el(el) (sykofantó), διαβάλλω el(el) (diavállo), διασύρω el(el) (diasýro)
  • Hungarian: rágalmaz hu(hu)

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