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Definition

a false and malicious publication about a person

The newspaper was accused of libeling him

You've perpetrated a near libel here in the front yard.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

libel = a malicious lie about someone

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.
Henry Anatole Grunwald
This is not a book. This is libel, slander, and defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants of God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will.
Henry Miller -- Tropic of Cancer
Being indicted for the libel, and (after various strange demonstrations in court) found guilty, he fled into Holland in place of appearing to receive sentence...
Charles Dickens -- Barnaby Rudge
...don't believe it: it's a scandalous libel.
Anne Bronte -- Agnes Grey
And her parties, and their vigorous libel actions against national newspapers.
Ian McEwan -- Atonement
But as I had feared, Miss Kenton had read of the unsuccessful libel action, and inevitably, took the opportunity to probe me a little.
Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
Morris and Steel were found to have libeled McDonald's.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
"Poh, nonsense!" said Mr. Smooth-it-away, taking my arm and leading me off, "these fellows ought to be indicted for a libel.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Celestial Railroad
She's a libel on the entire sex.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
I'm suing your wife for libel, and that one I'll win for sure.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
If necessary he would deny that he had ever known Mrs. Bast, and prosecute her for libel.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
It's a fact that I did play with them, but it's a perfect libel to say I did it for my own amusement.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
Call him liar and thief; and he will only take an action against you for libel.
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
You've heard it wrong; it's a libel.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment
If a man hits you, hit him back; if a man libels you, haul him up.
Henry James -- The American
In the conduct of my newspaper, I carefully excluded all libelling and personal abuse, which is of late years become so disgraceful to our country.
Benjamin Franklin -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ING".)

I'll be caught for libel and killed....
Michael Ondaatje -- Running in the Family
ROPER For libel; he's a spy.
Robert Bolt -- A Man for All Seasons

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