blood libel
noun
Meaning
- The false, anti-Semitic accusation that Jews abduct and murder non-Jewish children to use their blood for their religious rituals and holidays.
- (by extension) Any false or purportedly false accusation of murder of a non-Jew by a Jewish person or organization.
- (by extension) Any false or purportedly false accusation of guilt, especially of guilt in mass murder or homicide.
- More generally, any canard or virulent lie about someone.
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