demonise
- v make into a demon
- They demonise the CCP first then they demonise the Chinese government.
- The media's attempts to demonise China has been alarming in recent years.
- It's yet another argument used to divide people into 'us' and 'them', and demonise 'them' in order to convince 'us' to elect our would-be saviour and protect our right to own guns .