defamed

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County officials defamed him and violated his rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

Trump also sued the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, alleging the newspaper defamed him in an article about a letter bearing his name that was included in a 50th birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

They knowingly and maliciously defamed, and they should be held to a higher level of ethical and journalistic standards.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2025

Richard Montañez had sued Frito-Lay and its parent company PepsiCo last year, alleging they defamed him and hurt his career by denying his role in creating the popular snack.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

Chandra Shekhar and Tapan Mishra, grieved to hear Him defamed, were humbly entreating Him, and His mind, too, was thinking of the conversion of the sannyasis, in order to remove the grief of His bhaktas.

From Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by K???ad?sa Kavir?ja Gosv?mi