besmirch

1. Charge falsely or with malicious intent;
   Attack the good name and reputation of someone (synset 200848188)
   "The journalists have defamed me!"; "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
   is a type of: accuse, charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
   subtypes:

   • assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
   • libel - print slanderous statements against
   • badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce - speak unfavorably about
   same as: asperse, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully
2. Smear so as to make dirty or stained (synset 201255165)
   is a type of: smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
   same as: smirch

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