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defame
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to make untrue and harmful statements about
- of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so
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archaic
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
- so the harmless old woman was defamed of witchcraft
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malign, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, defame, slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying.
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- the most maligned monarch in British history
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- so traduced the governor that he was driven from office
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- both candidates aspersed the other's motives
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- no criminal was more vilified in the press
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- falsely calumniated as a traitor
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- sued them for defaming her reputation
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- town gossips slandered their good name
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