calumnia

Etymology
From, from unattested , which is equal to a (hypothetical) mediopassive participle of.

Noun

 * 1) A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry, chicanery.
 * 2) A pretence, evasion, subterfuge.
 * 3) A misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil.
 * 4) A false accusation or prosecution, malicious charge.

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) slander, calumny, aspersion, libel, defamation