slander
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Slander is the last refuge of this scoundrel.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2019
His reemergence was greeted with enthusiasm in the budding indie-rock world, most notably with his 1986 album “Don’t Slander Me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2019
Slander is a spoken type of untrue defamatory statement that is made about you.
From Encyclopedia.com • Jun. 12, 2018
In a statement this week, titled The Slander System, Morrissey said he had been "foolish" to speak to Der Spiegel and that he would not speak to print media again.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2017
Slander was met with the use of the brank, the pillory, compulsory shaving of the head, or, in extreme cases, with banishment from the district.
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
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