
[Middle English calumnie, from Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvī, to deceive.]
Conservative Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak slammed the Senate debate on President Bush's judicial nominees using a word referring to malicious lies:
"As Democrats engaged in calumny, Republican corrections of their misstatements went unnoted and generally unheard. The real debate was behind closed doors..."
Link: Supreme Court lurks as real issue
Posted May 24, 2005.
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noun
No calumny was used to win the election.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagtalelse
v. tr. - bagtale, bagvaske
Nederlands (Dutch)
laster(praat), zwartmakerij, roddel
Français (French)
n. - calomnie
v. tr. - calomnier
Deutsch (German)
n. - Verleumdung
v. - verleumden
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συκοφαντία, διασυρμός
Italiano (Italian)
calunnia, diffamazione
Português (Portuguese)
n. - calúnia (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - calumnia, difamación
v. tr. - decir calumnias
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
诽谤, 中伤, 毁谤, 恶言重伤
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 誹謗, 中傷
v. tr. - 毀謗, 惡言重傷
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 중상
v. tr. - 중상하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 中傷, 誹謗, 悪口
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) افترا, قذف
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - עלילה, דיבה
v. tr. - הלשין, הוציא דיבה
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