Answer: asperse

AnswerCrossword Clue
ASPERSEDrag through the mud
ASPERSEDiscredit.
ASPERSETraduce
ASPERSESling mud
ASPERSEDefame
ASPERSEImpugn
ASPERSEDisparage
ASPERSEAttack with evil reports
ASPERSEBesmirch
ASPERSECalumniate.
ASPERSEBadmouth
ASPERSESmear
ASPERSEDenigrate
ASPERSESpeak ill of
asperseto sprinkle; bespatter.
asperseto attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander
asperseto slander (to defame (to destroy the reputation of))
asperseto sprinkle; bespatter
ASPERSEBaptize
ASPERSESpread slander
ASPERSECast slander at
ASPERSESlander
ASPERSEPut down
ASPERSESling mud at
ASPERSEDenigrate through insinuation
ASPERSEBad-mouth
ASPERSESully
ASPERSESpread false charges against
ASPERSEMalign
ASPERSECast maligning remarks at
ASPERSECalumniate
ASPERSETake potshots at
ASPERSEBlacken one's reputation.
ASPERSESlander.
ASPERSETraduce.