1. libel - Noun
2. libel - Verb
A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.
The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. James Thurber
All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up. Ian Hislop
An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree, is an injurious truth-a fact that is recognized by the law of libel. Mark Twain
I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court. Uri Geller
Titles are tinsel, power a corruptor, glory a bubble, and excessive wealth, a libel on its possessor. Percy Bysshe Shelley
The greater the truth, the greater the libel. English Proverb