aplannedattempttoharmthereputationof apersonorcompanybytellingliesabout them:Theyaccusedcompetitorsofmountingasmearcampaigntodrivethem out of themarket.(Definition ofsmear campaignfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsmear campaign
smear campaignHe is still concerned about thesmearcampaign.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It would be the beginning of asmearcampaign.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The party considered this to be part of asmearcampaign.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The organization also stated that the ad had been targeted by a concerted right-wingsmearcampaign.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Supporters of the family allege that local officials were also engaged in an onlinesmearcampaignagainst the family.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes the use of the termsmearcampaignis used more generally to include any organized reputation-damaging activity by a group.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Noting the monopoly of pro-government medias downgrading the movement, ignoring it, and leading asmearcampaign, the young activists reacted.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was regarded as asmearcampaignagainst the actor and there were calls for the social networking site to be more closely monitored.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His defenders claimed he was subjected to asmearcampaign.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The term is most often used with the pejorative meaning of asmearcampaign.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/smear-campaign##
