smear campaign

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smear campaign (against someone)

a campaign aimed at damaging someone's reputation by making accusations and spreading rumors. The politician's opponents are engaging in a smear campaign against him. Jack started a smear campaign against Tom so that Tom wouldn't get the manager's job.

See also: campaign, smear

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Kyle Hatcher, who works with Russian human rights groups, "has been subject of a smear campaign in the Russian press and on the Internet to discredit him and his work," spokesman Ian Kelly told AFP. US slams Russian 'smear campaign' against diplomat by AFP / AFP American Edition Byline: LAURIE HANNA THE first female Oxford University Professor of Poetry yesterday said she was "relieved" after resigning following an alleged smear campaign against her rival. Smear claim poet's relief at quitting; UNIVERSITY by The Mirror (London, England) THE first woman to become Oxford University Professor of Poetry denied taking part in a smear campaign against her main rival as she explained yesterday why she stood down from the post. 'I'd no part in poet smear campaign' by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			small beer small change small fortune small fry small potatoes small print smart smart ass smart at smart drugs smart from smart guy smart money smart mouth smart under smarten up smash smash face in smash hit smash in smash into smash out of smash through smash up smear smear campaign smear on smear with smell smell a rat smell blood smell fishy smell like a rose smell of smell out smell to heaven smell to high heaven smell up smelling like a rose smile smile at smile on smile when you say that smiling like a Cheshire cat smirk at smite with smoke smoke and mirrors smoke like a chimney smoke out smoke out of			SMDS Interface Protocol SMDSA SMDSC SMDSCNM SMDSe SMDSFN SMDSM SMDT SMDTC SMDV SMDY SME SME SME SME Collaborative Research SME Financing Data Initiative SME market SME specific DISsemination network SME-FDI SME-PED SME/SC SMEA SMEAC SMEACS Smeal, Eleanor smear smear smear smear smear smear campaign Smear campaigns Smear champaign smear culture Smear dab smear layer Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis smear on Smear Positive and Culture Difficult Smear Positive Culture Negative Smear tactic smear test smear test smear test smear tests smear with smear word smear, bacterial Smear-negative tuberculosis Smear-negative tuberculosis Smear-negative tuberculosis Smear-positive tuberculosis Smear-positive tuberculosis Smear-positive tuberculosis smearcase smearcase smeared smeared smeared smeared smeared

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