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Definition of libel verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

libel

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈlaɪbl//
 
libel somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they libel
 
 he / she / it libels
 
 past simple libeled (Canadian English usually)libelled
 
 -ing form libeling (Canadian English usually)libelling
 
 
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to publish a written statement about someone that is not true He claimed he had been libeled in an article the magazine had published. compare slander
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