libel
libel is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- noun. Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- noun. A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.
- noun. The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
- noun. A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
- transitive verb. To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
- transitive verb. To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
- intransitive verb. To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.
- noun. the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
- noun. a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
- verb. print slanderous statements against
"The newspaper was accused of libeling him"
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in libel:
Common word forms
libels, libeled, libeler, libeling, libelled, libeller, libelous, libelling
Words from these letters
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