Libel

85 clues
Smear
Malign
Defame
Slander
Calumny
Tort type
Defamation
Bad press?
Slander kin
Kind of suit
Sort of tort
Write wrongs
Written lies
Type of tort
Suit material
Nizer subject
Slander's kin
Tabloid issue
Written smear
Printing error
Smear in print
Cause of a suit
Defame in a way
Insult in print
Media law topic
Newspaper no-no
Printed slander
Vilify in print
Written slander
Defamatory text
Malign in print
Defame in print
Attack in print
Cause for a suit
Defamatory words
Publishing crime
Slander in print
Slander's cousin
Smearing in ink?
Tortious writing
Wrong in writing
Slander relative
Actionable words
Reputation ruiner
Cousin of slander
Put down in print
Smear on the page
Defame in writing
Publisher's booboo
Printed defamation
Defamatory writing
Reputation wrecker
Written defamation
Damage a reputation
Publisher's concern
Torts class subject
Slander counterpart
Defamation in print
Put down in writing
Cause for a lawsuit
Drag through the mud
Malicious defamation
Smear campaign crime
Subject of media law
A form of defamation
Malign in a magazine
Material for a suit?
Slander's counterpart
Defamation in writing
Tabloid lawyer's worry
Media lawyer's subject
Media lawyer's concern
Bit of scandalmongering
Freedom-of-speech limit
Character assassination
Media lawyer's specialty
It concerns write wrongs?
Reason to sue a publisher
Slander's well-read cousin?
What a tabloid may be sued for
Fact-checking can help avoid it
Character assassination in print
What tabloids are often sued for
Kind of suit found in a courtroom
Written assault on one's reputation
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