Phrase Hound found 4 phrases and 25 compound words that contain libel. The most common are listed below. Open libel in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 4
- blood libelThe false, anti-Semitic accusation that Jews abduct and murder non-Jewish children to use their blood for their religious rituals and holidays.
- libel chillUneasiness or unwillingness to speak publicly or to write about a matter, as a result of the threat or suggestion of a libel action should one do so.
- libel tourismA form of forum shopping in which plaintiffs choose to file libel suits in jurisdictions thought more likely to give a favourable result.
- blasphemous libelThe legal offence of publishing material that exposes the Christian religion to scurrility, vilification, ridicule, and contempt.
Compound words 25
- McLibelMcDonald’s Corporation v Steel & Morris, a famous libel case involving McDonald’s.
- twibelAlternative form of Twibel.
- antilibelOpposing or countering libel.
- cyberlibelThe act or crime of making a defamatory statement (libel) about someone on the Internet; such a statement.
- libellizeTo libel.
- belibelTo libel, slander, calumniate.
- libelleththird-person singular simple present indicative of libel: A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- libelousDefamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.
- libellaryPertaining to the Roman form of law in which the plaintiff files a formal petition.
- libellerOne who libels.