defame

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de nuire à la réputation de quelqu'un en diffusant des déclarations fausses ou malveillantes à son sujet.

A verb used to indicate the act of damaging someone's reputation by making false or harmful statements about them.

1. Damage reputationC1formallegal

   To harm the reputation of someone by making false statements about them.

   diffamer

   • The politician sued the newspaper for trying to defame him.
   • She claimed the article was written to defame her character.
   • It is illegal to defame someone with malicious lies.

   Synonymesaspersecalumniatedenigratedisparagelibelmalignslandersmeartraducevilify

   Antonymesacclaimcommendhonorlaudpraise