libeled in English

verb

1

defame (someone) by publishing a libel.

she alleged the magazine had libeled her

synonyms: defame, malign, slander, blacken someone's name, sully someone's reputation, speak ill/evil of, traduce, smear, cast aspersions on, drag someone's name through the mud, besmirch, tarnish, taint, tell lies about, stain, impugn someone's character/integrity, vilify, denigrate, disparage, run down, stigmatize, discredit, slur, dis, bad-mouth, derogate, calumniate

2

(in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against (someone).

verb

defame, malign, slander, blacken someone's name, sully someone's reputation, speak ill/evil of, traduce, smear, cast aspersions on, drag someone's name through the mud, besmirch, tarnish, taint, tell lies about, stain, impugn someone's character/integrity, vilify, denigrate, disparage, run down, stigmatize, discredit, slur, dis, bad-mouth, derogate, calumniate

Use "libeled" in a sentence

1. The rival parties libeled each other during the election.

2. A person who is libeled can sue for damages.

3. Deborah Lipstadt was found to have libeled me when she called me a Holocaust denier.

4. Christian brothers and sisters have been persecuted, misrepresented, libeled, and slandered—many have even been killed—often at the instigation of the clergy of Babylon the Great.

5. For example, a corporation has the personal right to bring a lawsuit (as well as the capacity to be sued) and, like a natural person, a corporation can be libeled.