smirch
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
                
                    Noun
                    
                an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
                
                    Verb
                    
                smear so as to make dirty or stained
                
                    Verb
                    
            charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
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                    assassinate
                    badmouth
                    blotch
                    drag through the mud
                    fingermark
                    fingerprint
                    inkblot
                    libel
                    malign
                    splodge
                    splotch
                    traduce