Answer:

asperse

Answer	Crossword Clue
ASPERSE	Spread false charges against
ASPERSE	Spread slander
ASPERSE	Cast slander at

ASPERSE	Slander
ASPERSE	Put down
ASPERSE	Sling mud at
ASPERSE	Denigrate through insinuation
ASPERSE	Bad-mouth
ASPERSE	Sully
ASPERSE	Baptize
ASPERSE	Malign

ASPERSE	Cast maligning remarks at
ASPERSE	Calumniate
ASPERSE	Take potshots at
ASPERSE	Blacken one's reputation.
ASPERSE	Slander.
ASPERSE	Traduce.
ASPERSE	Calumniate.
ASPERSE	Discredit.

ASPERSE	Traduce
ASPERSE	Sling mud
ASPERSE	Defame
ASPERSE	Impugn
ASPERSE	Disparage
ASPERSE	Attack with evil reports
ASPERSE	Besmirch
ASPERSE	Drag through the mud

ASPERSE	Badmouth
ASPERSE	Smear
ASPERSE	Denigrate
ASPERSE	Speak ill of