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A lie wearing a suit, telling everyone you're the villain.
means A false statement made deliberately to damage someone's reputation, plus the act of spreading it.
from From Latin calumnia, meaning trickery or false accusation, rooted in calvi, to deceive — the same family that gave us challenge.
Legal cousinSlander is spoken calumny with a courtroom.
Hamlet lineShakespeare warned virtue won't escape it.
Not errorRequires malice, not just being wrong.