• He sued the newspaper for defamation of character.
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It is possible to defame a company as companies are considered to have a legal 'personality'.
• 31 Bad-mouth
• Accuse falsely
• Blacken
• Blacken one s name
• Calumniate
• Discredit
• Do a hatchet job
• Do some mudslinging
• Drag through the mud
• Give a bad rep
• Give a black eye
• It often goes with de fortune
• Knock down
• Libel
• Libel or slander
• Malign
• Ruin a reputation
• Run down
• Scandalize
• Slander
• Slander or libel
• Sling mud at
• Smear
• Vilify
to defame smb. of /for, with/ sorcery - обвинить кого-л. в колдовстве
1) поносить, порочить; клеветать
2) позорить; бесчестить
3) уст. обвинять
to ~ smb. of /for, with/ sorcery - обвинить кого-л. в колдовстве
ганьбити, безчестити, паплюжити, плямувати, порочити, робити наклеп