All 12 Uses of
slander
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- But the spirit of folly, which had caught up Fyodor Pavlovitch, and was bearing him on the current of his own nerves into lower and lower depths of ignominy, prompted him with this old slander.†
Chpt 2slander = lie in such a way as to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
- He was only speaking from confused memory of old slanders.†
Chpt 2 *slanders = lies that damage the reputation of another; or the process of telling such lies
- Hate not those who reject you, who insult you, who abuse and slander you.†
Chpt 4slander = lie in such a way as to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
- No one will know of it, it can give rise to no unjust slander.†
Chpt 4
- It's either an attempt to slander me, or the hallucination of a madman," Mitya still shouted.†
Chpt 9
- He's slandering me from spite....He couldn't have seen it ...I didn't come from the door," gasped Mitya.†
Chpt 9slandering = lying in a way that damages the reputation of another
- I am a slandered man.†
Chpt 11slandered = lied in a way that damaged the reputation of another
- No, she had not intentionally slandered him when she cried that Mitya despised her for her bowing down to him!†
Chpt 12
- Perhaps people will cry out against me that I am morbid, hysterical, that it is a monstrous slander, that I am exaggerating.†
Chpt 12slander = lie in such a way as to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
- You will say that was dishonorable: it's dishonorable to slander even the dead, and even to save a brother.†
Chpt 12
- True, but what if he slandered him unconsciously?†
Chpt 12slandered = lied in a way that damaged the reputation of another
- He slandered him in society, injured him, calumniated him, bought up his unpaid debts to get him thrown into prison.†
Chpt 12
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.