[ざんぼう, zanbou] (n,vs) libel; slander; defamation [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Libel \Li"bel\ (l[imac]"b[e^]l), n. [L. libellus a little book,
pamphlet, libel, lampoon, dim. of liber the liber or inner
bark of a tree; also (because the ancients wrote on this
bark), paper, parchment, or a roll of any material used to
write upon, and hence, a book or treatise: cf. F. libelle.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill,
certificate, request, supplication, etc. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
A libel of forsaking [divorcement]. --Wyclif
(Matt. v. 31).
[1913 Webster]
2. Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Law) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The term, in a more extended sense, includes the
publication of such writings, pictures, and the like,
as are of a blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or
obscene character. These also are indictable at common
law.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Law) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory
publication.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Civil Law & Courts of Admiralty) A written declaration or
statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of
the relief he seeks.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Libel \Li"bel\ (l[imac]"b[e^]l), v. i.
To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.
[Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
What's this but libeling against the senate? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
[He] libels now 'gainst each great man. --Donne.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Libel \Li"bel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Libeled} (-b[e^]ld) or
{Libelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Libeling} or {Libelling}.]
1. To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or
ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
[1913 Webster]
Some wicked wits have libeled all the fair. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly
against a ship or goods.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
libel
n 1: a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose
of defaming a living person
2: the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of
action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
v 1: print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was
accused of libeling him"
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
libel /libɛl/
1. dragonfly
2. pamphlet
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
