defame

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Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
誹謗、辱罵、騷擾、跟蹤、威脅或以其他行為侵犯他人的合法權(quán)益（如隱私權(quán)和公開權(quán)）;
They frequently harass their victims by contacting their friends, colleagues, online contacts, etc., to either defame them or to gain pertinent information about their personal and professional lives.
他們通過不斷的聯(lián)系他們的朋友，同學(xué)，在線聯(lián)系人等等或是誹謗他們或者是獲取他們個人和職業(yè)生涯相關(guān)的信息，給受害者造成麻煩。
Opposition parties have been forbidden to “use words or facts that defame other politicians”.
反對黨被禁止使用詆毀其他政客的言論。

Other past governments also imposed media controls. In addition, Thailand's strict lese majeste laws, aimed at protecting the revered monarchy, make it illegal to say or publish anything deemed to defame the monarchy.

At this point, the freedom to defame is stronger than the protections against defamation.
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According to Shariah, it is impermissible to engage in speech or writings that "defame" Islam or otherwise offend its followers.
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Using former drivers who were forging signatures on invoices and hiding their lost business as sources to defame Cintas is deplorable.
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to damage the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them that are not true

If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.