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  1. defamed

    Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place or thing that results in damage to its reputation. It can be spoken (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal definition of defamation and related acts as well as the ways they are dealt with can vary greatly between countries and jurisdictions (what exactly they must consist of, whether they constitute crimes or not, to what extent proving the alleged facts is a valid defence).Defamation laws can encompass a variety of acts: Insult against a legal person in general Defamation against a legal person in general Acts against public officials Acts against state institutions (e.g., government, ministries, government agencies, armed forces) Acts against state symbols Acts against the state itself Acts against religions (e.g., blasphemy, discrimination) Acts against the judiciary or legislature (e.g., contempt of court, censure)

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  1. Defamed

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of defamed in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of defamed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of defamed in a Sentence

  1. Stephen Richer:

    There are good people working here in Maricopa County, and I was tired of them being defamed, maricopa County's Maricopa County. That's my office. That's my friends.

  2. Leonard Cohen:

    Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.

  3. Rebel Wilson:

    After month after month after month, coming up to the 12 months deadline, I thought, I mean, ‘I just have to sue them,’ i’ve proved very publicly that what I was saying was the truth and that they wrote a bunch of lies, and that I was maliciously defamed.

  4. Ashley Judd:

    I lost career opportunity. I lost money. I lost status and prestige and power in my career as a direct result of having been sexually harassed and rebuffing the sexual harassment, my career opportunities, after having been defamed by Harvey Weinstein, were significantly diminished. My career was damaged because I rebuffed Mr. Weinstein’s sexual advances. I know it for a fact.

  5. Principal David Stirrat:

    In Lulabel’s case, her approved speech didn’t include any reference to an assault, we certainly would have considered such an addition, provided no individuals were named or defamed.

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