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• v  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

• The aggrieved lady said that her former husband was trying to defame her and she would file a defamation suit.
• Stallings characterized the Post's reporting as another "effort on the part of white media to discredit, destroy and defame African-American male leadership.
• Say what you will about a scientist's research, but take care when you defame the scientist.

• slander
• smirch
• asperse
• denigrate
• calumniate
• smear
• sully
• besmirch

News & Articles

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• Morris: Vandalism is fandom for losers
  We live in an age where it is not enough to win games and capture championships. We must also taunt our opponents, chastise them publicly and, yes, damage and defame their history and traditions.
  June 22, 2013 - The State

Quotes

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• Intikhab Alam in Times Now.tv
  All this stuff about our team being involved in match-fixing started because of a report in some Indian newspapers and since then they have carried out a relentless campaign to defame us,Alam said.
• Jorge Urosa Savino in VHeadline.com
  Although I take some comfort from Will Wyatt's conclusion that no-one consciously set out to defame or misrepresent the Queen in respect of the BBC's preparation for the BBC1 launch, the fact is that serious mistakes were made which put misleading... Mark Thompson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Thompson&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFMKWf-Sp8vmllgnGr-ODjhMF1FCQ guardian.co.uk http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.guardian.co.uk/Media/bbc/story/0,,2184661,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEyDvEWKtXdBPk32Z4R1uH7t1fEWQ Oct 5, 2007 25717 34549 defame In a communique from Rome, the Cardinal stated that Chavez does not have a license to insult, defame or slander any Venezuelan citizen."