(n.) Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Abe Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League, a vigorous defender of Israel, called the speech “ill-advised”.
(2) Equally, Whittingdale pointed out that the Irish defamation act 2009 allows the courts to take account of whether a journalist has adhered to the Irish Press Council's code.
(3) They have denied the allegations and have filed a criminal complaint accusing the magazine of defamation.
(4) Her parents, Apiruj and Wanthanee Suwadee, were found guilty of violating Article 112 of Thailand’s criminal code which says anyone who “defames, insults or threatens the king, the queen, the heir-apparent or the regent” will be punished with up to 15 years in prison.
(5) They may be considered blasphemous by some, but banning speech based on criticism or so-called defamation of religion is incompatible with international human rights standards.
(6) Polonsky is hoping to sue Lebedev for libel and is seeking damages for defamation, his lawyer Andrew Stephenson has said.
(7) "The government has already published consultations on multiple publications on the internet and controlling costs in defamation."
(8) Tugendhat also stated that "in the language of defamation, the information would be capable of lowering [Terry] in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally".
(9) According to the New York Times , he told its reporter Emily Steel that if he did not approve of her resulting article “I’m coming after you with everything I have,” adding: “You can take it as a threat.” The 65-year-old anchor – who earlier dismissed the Mother Jones article as “total bullshit”, “disgusting”, “defamation” and “a piece of garbage” – had promised that the archive tapes would comprehensively disprove the charges against him.
(10) The comedian has been fined several times for defamation, using insulting language, hate speech and racial discrimination.
(11) "When I complained to the police and law enforcement of Somalia, they arrested me and defamed me.
(12) These include Atena Farghadani, 28, an artist who was placed in solitary confinement in Iran for posting a cartoon on Facebook criticising a government bill to limit family planning services, and Gladys Lanza , who was convicted of defamation in Honduras when she spoke in defence of a woman who had accused a government official of sexual harassment.
(13) Ferrero: “I meant no disrespect to Mr Thohir, Inter’s directors or the people of the Philippines – with whom I have a wonderful rapport.” Legal news Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb president Zdravko Mamic fined €17,000 for defaming lawyer Ivica Crnic during a 2013 tribunal.
(14) "It is almost as dangerous to be an ABT member as it is to encounter one," the Anti-Defamation League study says.
(15) In fact, this has been all about defamation and manipulation of history, not prosecution.
(16) They are also likely to consider amendments that would boost fines for defamation.
(17) Thanks to sifting by the Defamer blog , the emails reveal the arguments began back in February, after Angelina Jolie wanted Fincher to direct her in Cleopatra, rather than take on the Jobs film.
(18) Foreign officials Mossack Fonseca appears to still act for Hunt’s company, despite a high-profile libel case in which the high court threw out Hunt’s defamation suit against the Sunday Times.
(19) In Bangladesh, defaming a religion on the internet can carry a 10-year jail sentence.
(20) For the sake of clarity it is worth pointing out that "the rich" Lord Lester is referring to are the rich who complain of being defamed, not the rich newspaper proprietors.
Vilification
Definition:
(n.) The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Its campaign of vilification and deliberate misrepresentation of benefit spending has been effective, blaming the poor, not pay structures.
(2) Casillas had been the victim of an orchestrated campaign of “vilification” in recent years which eventually prompted his decision to quit, they added.
(3) The UK has followed US trends over cannabis, heroin and psychedelics, and led the world in the vilification of MDMA (ecstasy).
(4) Both sections were introduced in response to three major independent inquiries, including the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, which found that racial hatred and vilification causes psychological harm to its targets, and reinforces and normalises more severe acts of discrimination, harassment, intimidation and violence.
(5) Jakarta's violent identity crisis: behind the vilification of Chinese-Indonesians Read more An edited version of that speech was later posted online with several words omitted, making it seem as though Ahok was suggesting the Qur’anic verse itself was misleading, not the Islamic leaders citing it.
(6) Jakarta's violent identity crisis: behind the vilification of Chinese-Indonesians Read more How did that start?
(7) Protection against racial vilification which upholds freedom of speech as well as freedom from racial vilification (much like the protection we already have, at time of print at least) is probably a good idea too.
(8) This review addresses the issues of dependence on an withdrawal from benzodiazepines and weighs up the evidence for their present vilification.
(9) Brandis said the overall changes would strengthen the act by including vilification as an offence.
(10) Representatives of Muslim and Arab organisations also reported that members of their communities experienced racial and religious vilification with regular frequency, not only in verbal form, but also through offensive letters and pamphlets,” the report said.
(11) In the days that followed, the pro-army media broadcast endless hours of patriotic messages and vilification of Morsi and the Brotherhood.
(12) Bahá'ís are denied jobs in the public sector; their businesses are closed and property appropriated; and the entire community is subjected to waves of defamation and vilification in the state media.
(13) As awareness increases it exposes some negative views, and there’s often a lashing out by some members of the community at trans people.” We were also seen as dangerous by our fellow gay people Mark Gillespie She cites vilification of the writer and soldier Cate McGregor by some commentators and bloggers.
(14) Ironically, in writing her book, Chua has done the most western thing imaginable: she has exposed herself, warts and all, at risk of misunderstanding and vilification.
(15) So why did Sir Andrew break away from this comfort zone and help found an organisation that was inevitably going to bring him publicity and vilification?
(16) This is in contrast to vilification and alienation which research suggests can catalyse re-offending.
(17) In the statement, he said: "The soil we till is highly controversial, and anyone who puts their head above the parapet has to be prepared to endure a degree of public vilification.
(18) But with an estimated one million US citizens living in Mexico – a large portion of whom are retirees – it is perhaps inevitable that some should support a candidate whose campaign has been built on the vilification of the country.
(19) Zimmerman argued while there should be laws to prevent racial vilification, people’s religious beliefs should be allowed to be criticised.
(20) MacFarlane, 39, did not comment on his vilification in the media for perceived sexism – not least on account of his opening number We Saw Your Boobs – other than to post a link to a Huffington Post blog on the proliferation of the "celebrity sideboob" in 2012.