calumniare
Calumniare is a Latin verb in the present active infinitive meaning to slander or to utter false accusations against someone in order to injure their reputation. The related noun calumnia denotes the act or state of slander; the English word calumny ultimately derives from it. The root calumnia appears in classical Latin literature and legal texts to refer to false accusations before a judge or the community, and it carried stigma as a fault that could be censured or punished in various periods of Roman law.
In classical usage, calumnia encompassed the act of making untrue charges that could defame a person or
In modern Italian, the verb calunniare means to slander or to level false accusations at someone, and