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say it: LAHY-buhl
libel is a noun and verb meaning "a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person". It carries 3 recorded senses.
a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
tort · law
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
law
print slanderous statements against
“The newspaper was accused of libeling him”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for libel come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.