smear campaign
noun[C]
ukusaplannedattempttoharmthereputationof apersonorcompanybytellingliesabout them:
Theyaccusedcompetitorsofmountingasmearcampaigntodrivethem out of themarket.
Examplesofsmear campaign
smear campaign
He is still concerned about thesmearcampaign.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It would be the beginning of asmearcampaign.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The party considered this to be part of asmearcampaign.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The organization also stated that the ad had been targeted by a concerted right-wingsmearcampaign.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Supporters of the family allege that local officials were also engaged in an onlinesmearcampaignagainst the family.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes the use of the termsmearcampaignis used more generally to include any organized reputation-damaging activity by a group.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Noting the monopoly of pro-government medias downgrading the movement, ignoring it, and leading asmearcampaign, the young activists reacted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was regarded as asmearcampaignagainst the actor and there were calls for the social networking site to be more closely monitored.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His defenders claimed he was subjected to asmearcampaign.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The term is most often used with the pejorative meaning of asmearcampaign.
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