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smear campaign

noun

  1. a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.



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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.”
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He also took a shot at Miller, accusing him of directing a smear campaign against him and of being someone who “casually would throw out parts of the Constitution and suspend habeas corpus.”

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Siddiq, a former Treasury minister, has denied the allegations and accused the Bangladeshi authorities of a "politically motivated smear campaign".

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Flaa has since said she had "nothing to do with Justin Baldoni and his smear campaign".

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Baldoni's lawsuit centred on two claims: that Lively "stole the film" from Baldoni and his company Wayfarer by threatening not to promote it, and that she and others promoted a false narrative that Baldoni sexually assaulted her and launched a smear campaign against her, Judge Liman explained in his opinion.

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Oyun-Erdene has rejected allegations of corruption, accusing critics of launching a smear campaign against him.

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