English-Dutch translations for defame

• bekladden
• belasteren
  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. 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.
• diffameren

Definition of defame

• To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
• To charge; to accuse of an offence.
• To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.
• Disgrace, dishonour.
• Defamation; slander, libel.

Examples

• to defame somebody

Related words

• defamatory
• defamation
• defamed
• defamer
• defamiliarization
• antidefamation
• defamatory writing
• public defamation