[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Law.defamation by written, printed, or broadcast words or pictures:Compare slander(def3) slander(def3).Intentionally or knowingly posting content that constitutes libel is prohibited.the act or crime of publishing or broadcasting a defamatory statement:The author was convicted of libel and sentenced to a yearlong jail term.a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.", "defamation by written, printed, or broadcast words or pictures:Compare slander(def3) slander(def3).Intentionally or knowingly posting content that constitutes libel is prohibited.", "the act or crime of publishing or broadcasting a defamatory statement:The author was convicted of libel and sentenced to a yearlong jail term.", "a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.", "anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or damagingly misrepresents:He blames me for his getting kicked out of school, so he spread this libel against me in revenge."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to publish or broadcast a libel against:The journalist received a suspended three-year prison sentence for allegedly libeling the president in an online article.", "to misrepresent damagingly:So it's just fine to smear and libel the writer, but it's not okay to call someone out for doing so?", "to institute suit against by a libel, as in an admiralty court."]}]