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"Defamation" in a Sentence (14 examples)
The daughter of envy is defamation.
Sami and Layla conspired together to organize a defamation campaign against Farid.
When sued for defamation, Tucker Carlson offered the defense that no reasonable person would believe anything he says.
When sued for defamation, Sidney Powell offered the defense that no reasonable person would believe anything she says.
After losing his first defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard, Johnny Depp venue-shopped until he could find the court most likely to rule in his favor, then sued Amber Heard there in an utter spectacle of a kangaroo court.
The country's Communications and Media Commission accused the network of bias and defamation, saying the report lacked professionalism, balance and reliable evidence.
The use of defamation cases to silence abuse victims is a growing problem.
Intimidation through abuse of the legal system is one thing; having a jury unanimously agree that defamation occurred is a quite another.
There is such a legal theory as "defamation by implication"; the meaning of a statement can be more than the sum of its words, superficially true but with a false intended meaning for a given audience.
You're so vain, you sued Carly Simon for defamation.
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She sued his ex-boyfriend for defamation and is seeking $14,000.
In a closed trial on December 24, 2004, the People’s Court of Jinshui District in the city of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, convicted Zhang Ruquan, along with his associate Zhang Zhengyao, in a public prosecution on charges of defamation that “seriously undermined social order or the state interest.” The two were sentenced to three years in prison for defaming former Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
An hour later, when the Fox board approved the wire payment for $787.5 million — one of the largest known defamation settlements in history — Fox acknowledged what we needed it to acknowledge: spreading false claims comes with a huge price tag.
Merryday, who was appointed by President Geroge^([sic]) H. W. Bush, said the complaint contains eighty pages of repetitive claims and praise for President Trump, but fails to establish the two counts of defamation alleged.
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