libellous

• There are some expressions in the Poem that I think are libellous, and the severe tenor of the whole would induce a jury to find them to be so. —  A Publisher and His Friends
• If we can get back to non-libellous comments, this is useful in sidelining Bush and Cheney, if McCain can then have a convention without them then he will be doing well. —  politicalbetting.com
• In a carefully-crafted script nothing actually libellous was uttered, but nevertheless terms like 'Tory front organisation', —  Libertarian Blog Place
• '[I] n an ideal world we'd get every [non-libellous and inoffensive] comment published', but —  News from Journalism.co.uk
• I once received a three page letter that my lawyer defined as libellous, from an academic colleague, saying I had no right to say what I was saying, especially in public lectures. —  Canada Free Press

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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