| Subject | French | English |
| law | action en diffamation | action for libel |
| law, commun. | action en diffamation | libel suit |
| law | action en diffamation | action for defamation |
| gen. | action en diffamation | libel action |
| gen. | assigner quelqu'un en justice pour diffamation | issue a writ for libel against somebody |
| insur. | assurance responsabilité diffamation | defamation insurance |
| gen. | attaquer quelqu'un en diffamation | bring a libel action against somebody |
| gen. | campagne de diffamation | smear campaign |
| law | cause de diffamation | libel case |
| law | diffamation accidentelle | unintentional defamation |
| law | diffamation collective | class defamation |
| law | diffamation collective | group defamation |
| law | diffamation commerciale | trade libel |
| h.rghts.act., relig. | diffamation des religions | defamation of religions |
| law | diffamation délictuelle | tortious defamation |
| law | diffamation envers des groupes de personnes | group libel |
| law | diffamation et calomnie contre un mort ou un absent | slander or defamation of a deceased person or a person missing presumed dead |
| law | diffamation involontaire | unintentional defamation |
| law | diffamation non intentionnelle | unintentional defamation |
| law | diffamation orale | slander |
| law | diffamation par article de presse | libel by a newspaper article |
| law | diffamation permanente | permanent defamation |
| law | diffamation verbale | spoken defamation |
| law | diffamation verbale | oral defamation |
| law | diffamation à l'égard d'un groupe | libel on a class |
| law | diffamation écrite | written defamation written defamation |
| law | diffamation écrite | libel |
| law | diffamation écrite | written defamation |
| law | droit de la diffamation | defamation law |
| law | inculpation de diffamation | criminal libel charge |
| law | intenter des poursuites en diffamation | sue |
| law | intenter une action en dommages-intérêts pour diffamation | sue |
| gen. | menace, outrage, injure, diffamation | threat, insulting or defamatory act or utterance |
| gov., crim.law. | menaces, outrages, injures, diffamations | threats, insulting or defamatory acts or utterances |
| gen. | outrage, injure, diffamation | insulting or defamatory act or utterance |
| law | plainte en diffamation | action for libel or slander |
| law | poursuite en diffamation | action for libel |
| law | être victime de diffamation | defamed |