smear campaign in English

noun
1
a plan to discredit a public figure by making false or dubious accusations.
He accused the Labor councillor and her colleagues of planning a smear campaign against him to hurt the Balance Team - a claim the councillor denies.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "smear campaign" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "smear campaign", or refer to the context using the word "smear campaign" in the English Dictionary.

1. It's a full-on smear campaign, boss.

2. He was a victim of a smear campaign.

3. The newspapers ran a smear campaign against him.

4. Republicans accused the Democrats of launching a smear campaign.

5. Each new rumour added fresh impetus to the smear campaign.

6. What they needed was an all-out propaganda effort, a smear campaign.

7. It should be noted that not every narcissist engages in a smear campaign.

8. A smear campaign involves lies, exaggerations, and cultivation of mistrust toward the victim

9. He puts all the accusations down to a smear campaign by his political opponents.

10. Recovering from a smear campaign takes time, mindful gray rock techniques, and ruthless self-examination

11. A smear campaign is a new low and it really reflects on the person doing the smearing

12. By November 2nd Mr Cain was accusing his bouffant Republican rival, Rick Perry, of orchestrating a smear campaign against him.

13. Approached court to prevent hit-and-run smear campaign, says Karnataka minister; Seven SSLC students, 3 teachers in Bengaluru school test positive

14. What is a smear campaign? If you look up “smear campaign” in the dictionary, you’ll find that the political version of the term matches up with the narcissistic one: “a deliberate attack on somebody, by spreading an untrue and unpleasant rumor about them, or by making an accusation intended to damage their reputation.”

15. A smear campaign, also referred to as a smear tactic or simply a smear, is an effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda

16. “Let’s just call this what it is — a Calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful misinformation,” a spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told the Times of London

17. The false accusations made by the Blockading countries regarding the involvement of Qatari humanitarian organisations in terrorism are part of the smear campaign these charities are constantly subjected to, Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) …

18. Approached court for injunction to prevent hit-and-run smear campaign: Karnataka Ministers Six Ministers of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government had on Friday Approached the court of the additional city civil and sessions judge seeking injunction, and the order is …