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Word	Definition
bitchnoun	(dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
slanderingverb	The act of committing slander.
evil-speakingnoun	The act of speaking ill or maliciously of something or someone; blasphemy, slander; gossip.
slimingnoun	The action of coating with slime, or an instance of doing this.
mudslingingnoun	Casting aspersions with intent to discredit.
slandernoun	A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
badvocacynoun	Negative comments and disparagement of a person or organization that is spread online or by word of mouth.
traductionnoun	(uncountable) The act of converting text from one language to another.
blackeningnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
vilificationnoun	slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
slanderernoun	One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.
sclaundernoun	Obsolete form of slander. [A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.]
shaftingnoun	(slang) The act of deceiving or harming a person.
newsmongerynoun	Journalism, especially the type that is sensationalist.
smearernoun	Someone who smears.
detractionnoun	A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
snubbingnoun	The act by which someone is snubbed; a rebuke.
defamingverb	defamation
verballingnoun	The putting of damaging remarks into the mouths of suspects during police interrogation
snoopingnoun	A secret spying or investigation.