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calumny

[kal-uhm-nee] / ˈkæl əm ni /
NOUN
slander
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Months later, the Vatican accuses Vigano of calumny.

From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2023

And Jones spreads his disgusting calumny to attract an audience so that he can make a fortune by hooking them on the snake oil supplements he sells on his show.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

Perhaps even more mind-boggling: Thompson’s initial note to Graham is a case study in calumny.

From Washington Post ● May 10, 2022

On one hand, you’ve got chaos, cynicism, and calumny.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2020

Strauss stage-managed the AEC hearing into Oppenheimer’s security clearance as he had the campaign of calumny that preceded it.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

They tore into him with false claims and calumnies and writs against him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

From the viewpoint of the sermonizers, the malicious calumnies of Goebbels that had led to the chimneys were being trafficked anew, inconceivably by an American Jew.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2021

In a video shot in St. Peter's Square, Archbishop Anthony Apuron addressed himself to his flock in the U.S. territory, insisting he remained their archbishop and was a "victim of these horrible calumnies."

From US News ● Jun. 7, 2016

A campaign of calumnies and disinformation aimed at bringing down our headmistress?

From Slate ● May 8, 2013

He looked about imploringly for help in defending his country’s future against the obnoxious calumnies of this sly and sinful assailant.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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