smirch
- n a blemish made by dirt
- n an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- v smear so as to make dirty or stained
- v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- Newsreaders were shocked last week to read testimony which, if true, would smirch Scripps-Howard with one of the lowest tricks in the newspaper businesspadding circulation .
- In recalling one of the most controversial episodes in one of the world's most controversial battles, PTI meant no smirch.
- This record is stained by but one smirch: a year ago a painter succeeded in executing a work which the Society felt it was unable to present.