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a written or published falsehood that injures the reputation of, or defames, someone
명예를 손상시키는 허위사실을 쓰거나 출판하는 것
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The executive said that the newspaper had committed libel when it called him a stinking no-good, corrupt, incompetent, overpaid, lying worthless moron. He claimed that the newspaper had libeled him, and that its description of him had been libelous. At the trial, the jury disagreed, saying that the newspaper's description of the executive had been substantially accurate.
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Don't confuse this word with liable, which has entirely different meaning.
전혀 다른 의미를 갖고 있는 liable (~하기 쉬운) 과 혼동하지 말라.
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Slander is just like libel except that it is spoken instead of written. To slander someone is to say something untrue that injures that person's reputation.