All 11 Uses of
slander
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- All this was set going by Marfa Petrovna who managed to slander Dounia and throw dirt at her in every family.†
Chpt 1.3 *slander = lie in such a way as to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
- There is one expression in the letter, one slander about me, and rather a contemptible one.†
Chpt 3.3
- In all this I see a too hasty desire to slander me and to raise dissension between us.†
Chpt 3.3
- "And Pyotr Petrovitch is a contemptible slanderer," Dounia snapped out, suddenly.†
Chpt 3.4slanderer = someone who lies in a way that damages the reputation of another
- All that is mean slander.†
Chpt 4.2slander = lie in such a way as to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
- Forgive me for my evil thoughts, and my slander.†
Chpt 4.6
- "It's all slander and nonsense!" cried Lebeziatnikov, who was always afraid of allusions to the subject.†
Chpt 5.1
- "That's another slander," he yelled.†
Chpt 5.1
- I mean that you...are a slanderer, that's what my words mean!†
Chpt 5.3slanderer = someone who lies in a way that damages the reputation of another
- You are lying and slandering from some spite against me, simply from pique, because I did not agree with your free-thinking, godless, social propositions!†
Chpt 5.3slandering = lying in a way that damages the reputation of another
- 'Your excellency,' I said, 'protect the orphans, for you knew my late husband, Semyon Zaharovitch, and on the very day of his death the basest of scoundrels slandered his only daughter.'†
Chpt 5.5slandered = lied in a way that damaged the reputation of another
Definition:
lie to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
The legal distinction between libel and slander is that libel is an oral offense while slander is written or published.