Zenger was arrested and charged with seditious libel.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

The scandalous, seditious and libelous books that need to be brought to justice in this remarkable sentence are suddenly revealed to have a soul.

有诽谤性的煽动性的中伤性的需要被审判的书,在这句话里突然被透露出是有灵魂的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Milton explains that the Licensing Order of 1643 is ineffective, it's useless because, and I'm quoting here, " order avails nothing to the suppressing of scandalous, seditious, and libellous books, which were mainly intended to be suppressed."

弥尔顿解释说《出版管制法》毫无作用，一无是处，我引用他的话说原因“,因为这个管制法对控制诽谤性的，有煽动性的，中伤他人的需要被控制的书籍毫无用处“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The Criminal and Seditious Libel Act criminalizes statements that create disaffection against the government or damage the government's reputation.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28