a false spoken statement intended to damage the good opinion people have of someone; the legal offense of making this kind of statement a vicious slander on the company's good name He's suing them for slander. compare libel
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NAmE//ˈslændərəs//
adjective a slanderous remarkSee slander in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: slander