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n. The spreading of false rumors, or saying bad things, about a person or group, especially in politics or public life.
A bad man has started a whispering campaign against the mayor, saying that he isn't honest.
smear campaign
smear campaign An attempt to ruin a reputation by slander or vilification, as in
This press agent is well known for starting smear campaigns against her clients' major competitors. This phrase was first recorded in 1938 and uses
smear in the sense of “an attempt to discredit” or “slander.”
whispering campaign
whispering campaign A deliberate spreading of derogatory rumors about a candidate, as in
That whispering campaign destroyed his chances for election. [c. 1920]
rumour campaign
A concentrated and abiding accomplishment to accident or ruin someone's or some group's acceptability through the constancy of rumors, innuendos, falsehoods, about as a agency of persuading a ample bulk of bodies adjoin him, her, or them. Primarily heard in UK. Finding himself at the amiss end of a abandoned rumour campaign, the bounded MP's abbreviate advance branch into the acclamation bound evaporated. I anticipate we charge to alpha a rumour attack to apathetic down the competitor's advance in the market, but no one can apperceive that it's advancing from us!Learn more: campaign, rumour
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