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(in the plural) slander, calumny
n
Public criticism, especially when occurring in the media; damage to one's reputation.
adj
Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
v
(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.
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More generally, any canard or virulent lie about someone.
n
A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
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blackmail; the extortion of money by threats of scandalous revelations
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A journalistic account of a love affair, crime, or other scandalous event.
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(rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
n
An incident that ocasions much disapproving talk; scandalous conduct; a scene.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To baffle or escape.
n
(Scotland) Any notorious rumour ascribing immoral conduct to a minister or office-bearer in a church.
n
A slanderer or person who destroys another's reputation
n
A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.
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A media spectacle, particularly a scandal, that is simultaneously irritating and engrossing.
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(countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
n
(chiefly historical) A pamphlet or book that slanders a public political figure.
adj
Meeting the legal standards for libel.
n
Casting aspersions with intent to discredit.
n
Alternative form of name-calling [The use of abusive or insulting language.]
n
(archaic) A false accusation; malevolent rumors.
adj
(nonce word) A word of disputed meaning; perhaps, abounding in marsh marigolds.
v
(transitive, rare) To slander or disparage as a rascal.
n
(Philippines) The (ad hominem) practice of branding, naming or accusing individuals or organizations critical or not fully supportive of the government's position as communists, leftists, subversives or terrorists in an attempt to discredit or suppress them; red-baiting
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reproach; abuse; vilification
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Abbreviation of scandalum magnatum. [(law) A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity.]
n
An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
n
(informal) A tabloid newspaper containing gossip and sensational news stories pertaining especially to well-known people.
adj
Having been harmed (plagued) by a large number of controversial situations (scandals).
adj
Dominated or plagued by scandals.
adj
Alternative spelling of scandalized [Having been the subject of a scandal; disgraced.]
n
The focussing of attention on and publicizing information about scandals.
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A scandalous rumor that is spread in such a manner.
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(rare) The quality of being scandalous.
adj
Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal.
adj
Characterised or marked by scandal; scandalous
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(law) A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity.
v
To convert into scapolite.
v
Obsolete form of slander. [To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of.]
n
Obsolete spelling of scandal [An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.]
v
To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of.
n
Obsolete spelling of slander [A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.]
v
To vilify; to defame; to criticize.
n
Alternative form of succès de scandale [The success of work of art due primarily to scandalous subject matter rather than artistic merit.]
n
The success of work of art due primarily to scandalous subject matter rather than artistic merit.
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(uncountable) An act of defaming, maligning or slandering.
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(informal) The Vatican leaks scandal.
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The putting of damaging remarks into the mouths of suspects during police interrogation
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slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
v
(literary) To scandalize, provoke the middle class.
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