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calumny




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calumny
     1. n. A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
           Accusations of abuse were pure extortive calumny in a malicious bid to make money.
     2. n. False accusations or charges brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
     3. v. (transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.



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