traduce
verb
[ trəˈdjuːs ]
• speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.
• "it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him"
Similar:
defame,
slander,
speak ill of,
speak evil of,
gossip about,
misrepresent,
malign,
vilify,
calumniate,
denigrate,
disparage,
slur,
decry,
sully,
impugn,
smear,
besmirch,
dishonour,
back-bite,
revile,
run down,
blacken the name of,
cast aspersions on,
do a hatchet job on,
slag (off),
knock,
rubbish,
bad-mouth,
dump on,
asperse,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘transport, transmit’): from Latin traducere ‘lead in front of others, expose to ridicule’, from trans- ‘over, across’ + ducere ‘to lead’.
