Meaning & use

Slandered

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Made a false spoken statement about someone that damages their reputation.

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The company claimed it had been slandered by a former employee's public comments.

He sued the radio host for having slandered him on air.

A note on using this word

Slander refers specifically to spoken defamation, while 'libel' refers to written or published defamation.

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