smear campaign
Noun
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Noun
smear campaign (plural smear campaigns)
- (idiomatic) An effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.
- His opponent said it was all a smear campaign to make him look bad in the eyes of the voters.
- French: campagne de diffamation
- German: Hetzkampagne, Schmutzkampagne
- Italian: campagna diffamatoria
- Russian: клеветни́ческая кампа́ния
- Spanish: campaña de desprestigio
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