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Sully

('s/@/l/i/ )

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon(verb.contact)

Example:
Sully someone's reputation.

Synonym:
cloud, corrupt, defile, taint

source: wordnet30
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically(verb.contact)

Synonym:
defile, maculate, stain, tarnish

source: wordnet30
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone(verb.communication)

Synonym:
asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch

source: wordnet30
To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become soiled or tarnished.(verb)

source: webster1913

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