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a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.

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How to use smear campaign in a sentence

The move made her the victim of a vicious smear campaign by Thutmose, but her legacy is both more complicated and more interesting than a simple power play.
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The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The U.S. launched campaigns in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah and a surge campaign in Baghdad.
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But the inability to measure progress in the ISIS campaign is widespread.
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The U.S. campaign against ISIS leans on two pillars: conducting airstrikes, and beefing up local forces.
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As she discussed her understanding of the voting rights campaign and how she planned to recreate it, I grew more relieved.
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Vain also was the valour and ability he showed in the campaign against the Royalists in La Vende.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
But Polavieja started his campaign with the immense advantage of having the whole of the dry season before him.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
At the end of the campaign the Emperor justly rewarded his lieutenant by creating him Prince of Wagram.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
By the end of the campaign of 1796 he had proved that he was as great a chief of the staff as Bonaparte was a great commander.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
But Ulm was only the commencement of the campaign, and even after Austerlitz Napoleon pursued the enemy with grim resolution.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison

Other Idioms and Phrases with 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.”

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