Words similar to slander

Example sentences for: slander

How can you use “slander” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It is possible to defame people over the net, and to do so far and wide: The problem of multi-jurisdiction squabbles over libel and slander does not disappear It is possible to blackmail people over the net, as well.
Slander is a false report meant to do harm and is legally actionable.
A jury cleared Carroll O'Connor of slander for calling his deceased son's cocaine supplier "a partner in murder."
In that world, if someone argued (as Richard does above) that a "law of privacy" was needed, as well as law protecting trade secrets; that laws regulating libel and slander were necessary, as well as a law regulating blackmail; if one even raised the issue of taxation, or suggested that the government was needed to "secure the infrastructure", then one would not be a "libertarian."