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smear campaign
noun
- a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
Idioms and Phrases
An attempt to ruin a reputation by slander or vilification, as in This press agent is well known for starting smear campaigns against her clients' major competitors . This phrase was first recorded in 1938 and uses smear in the sense of “an attempt to discredit” or “slander.”Example Sentences
In his, Mr Graham said he was the victim of a smear campaign on Facebook, the accusations being the latest exchange in a feud with others in which he and Mr Carruthers were embroiled.
“I apologize for the smear campaign,” he told Scott.
They also called some of the backlash a "smear campaign" and said it was: "a transparent effort to derail the real conversation" away from their messages of "love" and support for Palestine.
Kneecap have said on social media that they have "faced a co-ordinated smear campaign".
Kneecap, made up of Liam Og Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Caireallain and JJ Ó Dochartaigh, alleged on social media they have "faced a co-ordinated smear campaign", saying their shows have previously "called out" the conflict in Gaza.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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