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libel

[lahy-buhl] / ˈlaɪ bəl /
NOUN
purposeful lie about someone, often malicious
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The court filings show Prince Harry as a defendant alongside Mark Dyer, another former trustee of the charity, in a claim listed as "defamation - libel and slander".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The case type is described as "Media and Communication -- Part 7 Claim -- Defamation -- libel and slander".

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

A year after he lampooned a judge in a mocking poem, he had the misfortune of standing before him charged with seditious libel for a pamphlet satirizing the Church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The defendants also include a woman already the subject of a libel complaint filed by Brigitte Macron in 2022: Delphine J., 51, a self-proclaimed spiritual medium who goes by the pseudonym Amandine Roy.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

“It’s outrageous that this has been printed. There should be rules . . .” “Can’t libel the dead,” he says.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins




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