defamatory
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To accuse them falsely of passing AI-generated work as their own is potentially defamatory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The Israeli Supreme Court upheld a ban on the film in 2022, deeming it "defamatory".
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
“The unprecedented decision by the Board to place Villanueva on a ‘Do Not Hire’ was the result of a defamatory charge of discrimination and harassment,” the former sheriff wrote in the June complaint.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
A preliminary ruling at the High Court in London in December 2024 found that report had been "defamatory".
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
In the summer of 1808 he dismissed from the militia five officers who were reputed to have a connection with that newspaper, on the ground that they were helping a 'seditious and defamatory journal.'
From The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion by DeCelles, Alfred D. (Alfred Duclos)
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