Thursday, January 21, 2010

Calumny

Calimny: A calumny is a slanderous statement. It shares its etymology with cavil.
.... in France we have no law to protect us against the calumnies of the press ...
Ceccadli's calumnies were interjected into the trial at Caillaux's request.
A Book for Today: The Crimes of Paris by Dorothy Hoobler

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