tarnish someone's reputation

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• tarnish — [[t]tɑ͟ː(r)nɪʃ[/t]] tarnishes, tarnishing, tarnished 1) VERB If you say that something tarnishes someone s reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had. [V n] The affair… …   English dictionary

• tarnish — tar|nish1 [ˈta:nıʃ US ˈta:r ] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: ternir to make dull ] 1.) [T] if an event or fact tarnishes someone s ↑reputation, record, image etc, it makes it worse ▪ His regime was tarnished by human rights abuses. 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tarnish — 1 verb 1 (T) if an event or fact tarnishes someone s reputation, record, image etc, it makes it worse: a record tarnished by recent scandals 2 (I, T) if metals such as silver, copper (1), or brass (1) tarnish, or if something tarnishes them, they …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Kompromat — (Russian: Компромат) refers to a form of grey propaganda used in information warfare against opponents in business and politics in Russia.The word is shorthand for the compromising materials which journalists obtain from commercial interests or… …   Wikipedia

• libel — 1. noun she sued two newspapers for libel Syn: defamation, defamation of character, character assassination, calumny, misrepresentation, scandalmongering; aspersions, denigration, vilification, disparagement, derogation, insult, slander,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• slander — 1. noun he could sue us for slander Syn: defamation (of character), character assassination, calumny, libel; scandalmongering, malicious gossip, disparagement, denigration, aspersions, vilification, traducement, obloquy; lie, slur, smear, false… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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• smear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. [be]daub, besmirch, smudge; grease, anoint, defame; slander; soil, sully. See covering. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. distortion, slander, put up job*; see deception 1 , lie 1 , trick 1 . v. 1. [To… …   English dictionary for students

• discredit — I noun animadversion, aspersion, attaint, baseness, castigation, censure, condemnation, contumely, criticism, debasement, dedecus, degradation, denunciation, derogation, disapprobation, disapproval, disbelief, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace,… …   Law dictionary

• slander — slan·der 1 / slan dər/ vt: to utter slander against slan·der·er n slander 2 n [Anglo French esclandre, from Old French escandle esclandre scandal, from Late Latin scandalum moral stumbling block, disgrace, from Greek skandalon, literally, snare,… …   Law dictionary