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Libelled

Libel \Li"bel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Libeled (-b[e^]ld) or Libelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Libeling or Libelling.]

  1. 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.

  2. (Law) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.

Wiktionary
libelled

alt. (context British English) (en-past of: libel) vb. (context British English) (en-past of: libel)

WordNet
libel

  1. v. print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"

  2. [also: libelling, libelled]

libel

  1. n. a tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

  2. the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defammation) and any relief he seeks

  3. [also: libelling, libelled]

libelled

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Usage examples of "libelled".

When the case comes up he gets on his feet and says, 'Your Honour, my client, Miss Pearl Vambrace, wishes me to say that she does not consider herself libelled, and wants it understood that she has nothing to do with bringing this action, and that it's all a pipedream of her father's, who has got into a fantod about nothing very much.

A middleaged man had been badly libelled in a book by a fashionable author.