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blood libel

American

noun

the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals.

blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.

Etymology

Origin of blood libel

First recorded in 1910–15

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blood libel

"It's not humanitarian work, it's blood libel," the ministry said at the time.

From BBC ● May 30, 2025

The musicologist Raymond Erickson has highlighted a document known as the Gutachten, published in Leipzig in 1714, which denounces the blood libel as baseless.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2016

Mostly, he wants to communicate the terrible impact of blood libel.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2016

In a self-inflicted wound, she sparked a controversy last month with comments about a media "blood libel" against her after the Arizona shootings on January 8.

From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2011

Some said it was a scar left behind by the Damascus Affair, the blood libel that had driven his Harari ancestors from the city for good.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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