libel
have libelled
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present perfectof libel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Sally Bercow settled her case with Lord McAlpine after being found to have libelled him on Twitter.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2013
But, Pani Nathaniel, some one must have libelled me to you.
From Judith Trachtenberg A Novel by Karl Emil Franzos
Judge, therefore, whether I have libelled America; whether I am the foul traducer that some would have you believe, but for believing which they supply you no ground, save their own ill-natured vituperations.
From Discussion on American Slavery by Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge
Some wicked wits have libelled all the fair.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
We have libelled no man's character, we have invaded no man's person or property.
From Prisoner for Blasphemy by G. W. (George William) Foote
