blood libel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blood libel
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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"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
“Blood libel obviously means being falsely accused, or having blood on their hands,” Palin insisted, though she did reference that other meaning of blood libel from medieval times.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 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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