mudslinging

English

Etymology

From mud +‎ slinging.

Noun

mudslinging (plural mudslingings)

Casting aspersions with intent to discredit.
The campaign degenerated into mutual mudslinging, each candidate trying to tarnish the other's reputation and looking bad in the process.
An act of mudslinging.
The mudslinging didn't help expand the media coverage of the issues; all that was reported was the mudslingings.

Translations

casting aspersions to discredit

Finnish: loanheitto
German: Schlammschlacht (de) f
Greek: λασπολογία (el) f (laspología)

Hungarian: sárdobálás (hu)
Persian: لجن‌پراکنی‎ (lajan-parâkani)
Swedish: pajkastning (sv) c

See also

throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick

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