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Run down illegally (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

libel

(Other definitions for libel that I've seen before include "false report" , "Actionable words" , "Write ill of" , "Calumnious writing" , "Slanderous statements in print" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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