Effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.
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He dismissed Murphy's carefully worded concerns with an unfounded accusation that Murphy was engaging in "a smear tactic dressed up as concern".
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Isn't he deploying the same smear tactics as the US government?
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He has been accused of smear tactics by opponents of the EU treaty changes.
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Katumbi has denied the charges and accused the government of resorting to smear tactics.
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When smear tactics get the better of one contender, much of the class dissolves in sympathetic tears.
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It is the latest in a long line of smear tactics to discredit his work and attack him personally, he said.
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That said, his behaviour in recent days has been reminiscent of the smear tactics he accused Fianna Fail of using in the past.