Crossword clues for libeling
libeling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Libel \Li"bel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Libeled (-b[e^]ld) or Libelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Libeling or Libelling.]
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To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
Some wicked wits have libeled all the fair.
--Pope. (Law) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of libel English)
Usage examples of "libeling".
Noah Webster, editor, author, lexicographer, and staunch Federalist, declared it time to stop newspaper editors from libeling those with whom they disagreed, and to his friend Timothy Pickering wrote to urge that the new law be strictly enforced.
I wouldn't waste time libeling Leonidas, anyhowexcept for hymn books, there's no proof he can read.
I wouldn't waste time libeling Leonidas, anyhow—except for hymn books, there's no proof he can read.