slander

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

slan·der [slander slanders slandered slandering] noun, verb BrE [ˈslɑːndə(r)] NAmE [ˈslændər]
noun countable, uncountable
a false spoken statement intended to damage the good opinion people have of sb; the legal offence of making this kind of statement
•a vicious slander on the company's good name
•He's suing them for slander.
compare ↑libel

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from late Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’.

Example Bank:
•I might have grounds for a slander suit.
•Many teachers saw the statement as a gross slander on their profession.
•He's suing them for slander.
•She regarded his comments as a vicious slander on her reputation.
Derived Word: ↑slanderous
 
verb ~ sb/sth
to make a false spoken statement about sb that is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of them
•He angrily accused the investigators of slandering both him and his family.
compare ↑libel
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from late Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, defame, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch