Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Slandered or libeled.
- In heraldry, deprived of its tail: said of a beast used as a bearing. Also
diffamed .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
defame .
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Examples
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Still, Dosanjh is considering "legal options" for having his name defamed, so it's possible that the story might not die.
hypocrisy 2006
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"And, yet, you will see your son's name defamed in the moment of his glory."
The Scarlet Feather Houghton Townley
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The Irish News has been ordered to pay 25,000 pounds restitution to a restaurant it "defamed" in a negative review.
Archive 2007-02-01 Roger Sutton 2007
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The Irish News has been ordered to pay 25,000 pounds restitution to a restaurant it "defamed" in a negative review.
Uh-oh. Roger Sutton 2007
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I'm sitting here chuckling at all the comments about how Clinton and Berger are being "defamed".
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On another note, why do you say that Microsoft has been "defamed" yet make no mention of Firefox?
Proof that the best of us can be taken: Microsoft Firefox Professional 2007
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Bam confirmed that the council's attorneys were issuing summonses against various groups which had "defamed" the council by spreading "malicious lies" about its dirty handling of government funds.
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The sermon, recorded some time ago, talks about assassinating those who have "defamed" the Prophet Mohammed - citing one religious authority as saying
FrontPage Magazine Marisol 2010
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The sermon, recorded some time ago, talks about assassinating those who have "defamed" the Prophet Mohammed - citing one religious authority as saying
Jihad Monitor 2010
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The sermon, recorded some time ago, talks about assassinating those who have "defamed" the Prophet Mohammed - citing one religious authority as saying
FrontPage Magazine Marisol 2010
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