attack ad

British  

noun

1. a public notice, such as a printed display or a short film on television, in which a political party criticizes or abuses an opponent

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Example Sentences

A Liberal Party attack ad juxtaposed clips of the two using similar phrases such as "fake news" and "radical left".

From BBC

And the more of a swing seat that you're in, the more you're scared of ever saying anything because everyone just has this idea of the attack ad that'll get run against them.

From Salon

That phrase was the tagline of an attack ad played repeatedly throughout the country as he tried to unseat the incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a Conservative who had been in power since 2004.

From BBC

In September, Trump’s campaign started running an attack ad that hammered Harris over a policy of providing gender-affirming healthcare to federal inmates, using the line, “Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you.”

From Los Angeles Times

Harris's answer - which became a Republican attack ad on loop - underscored the political headwinds that her jumpstart campaign failed to overcome in her decisive loss to Donald Trump on Tuesday.

From BBC