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besmirch

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besmirch (someone or something) with (something)

To tarnish one's or something's reputation in some way. Don't besmirch my stellar reputation with those lies! A few disgruntled patrons have besmirched the restaurant's reputation with their negative online reviews. She besmirched her bright political career with the financial scandal.
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besmirch someone or something with something

to dirty or soil someone or someone's reputation with something. Please don't continue to besmirch Alice with that gossip. You have besmirched my reputation with your comments. He besmirched her with vile gossip in order to turn people against her.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Veloso said his inclusion in the so-called narco-list didn't only besmirch his reputation but also put his and his family's security at stake.
'The appointment of [Martires] as the next Ombudsman is to besmirch the institution and besmirch the institution and compromise its independence,' Annabelle Sabanal, spokesperson of the group, said.
He said that the slander cannot hold to besmirch his father's character and the report only damaged and discredited the organization's credibility.
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And yesterday he vowed to disprove allegations he claims were designed to "besmirch (his) name in the public domain".
WELSH Rugby Union chief executive Roger Lewis has lamented the "great besmirch" of Welsh rugby after Mike Phillips joined the list of players attracting unflattering headlines.
The community of Shvut Rachel 'abhors' the crimes attributed to its resident but also by attempts to besmirch all settlers.
ANKARA, Jun 27, 2009 (TUR) -- Turkey's chief military general severely criticized Friday reports over an alleged anti-government plot document as part of "a campaign to besmirch" the armed forces.
After their final separation, the KGB exploited her bitterness to besmirch his reputation.
Because - although they apparently didn't realize this when they sent us out to consume them - these popular histories do not tell "the Truth." They "blur the boundaries between fact and fiction," and thus confuse young minds and besmirch our proud history.
formally yielded his post, we call on him to cease from waging a media propaganda war to besmirch the image and reputation of a member of the Cabinet before the court of public opinion,' Panelo said.
Zarate cited the rule that stories that tend to 'besmirch' the reputation of the House or any of its members and officials and secretariat officers could be a ground to revoke the accreditation of a media practitioner.
And even if the allegations are true why serve them up now to permanently besmirch their memories?
While obviously modelled on Bobby's life though not, thankfully, his actual death, the dog was called Robbie so as not to besmirch the memory of Edinburgh's most famous pooch.
When they write about male privilege and domination, they ignore all the contemporary men who are loving and dedicated fathers, and they besmirch the memories of those in the past who literally worked themselves to death to provide for their families.
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