Dutch-English translations for belasteren

• defame
  Prime Minister Berlusconi is the first to say that freedom of the press is very important, but the freedom to insult, to deceive, to defame and to slander is something altogether different. Premier Berlusconi is de eerste om te zeggen dat persvrijheid bijzonder belangrijk is, maar de vrijheid om te beledigen, misleiden, zwart te maken en te belasteren, is iets heel anders.
  to defame somebody
• discredit
  The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.
  The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.
  Later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
• slander
  Two years ago three journalists were sentenced to three years of hard labour for slandering the President. Twee jaar geleden zijn drie journalisten veroordeeld tot drie jaar dwangarbeid op beschuldiging van het belasteren van de president.
  We can fight for our ideas, but we do not have the right to slander anyone, persecute them or throw them into jail. Je kunt strijden met ideeën, maar je hebt niet het recht iemand te belasteren, om hem te vervolgen en gevangen te zetten.
  Prime Minister Berlusconi is the first to say that freedom of the press is very important, but the freedom to insult, to deceive, to defame and to slander is something altogether different. Premier Berlusconi is de eerste om te zeggen dat persvrijheid bijzonder belangrijk is, maar de vrijheid om te beledigen, misleiden, zwart te maken en te belasteren, is iets heel anders.

Related words

• belasten
• belastering
• belastend
• overbelasten
• belasten met