Answer: slander

AnswerCrossword Clue
SLANDERVilification
SLANDERInjure by malicious talk.
SLANDERMalicious report.
SLANDERCause for legal action.
SLANDERCalumniate.
SLANDERCanard.
SLANDERSpeak ill of.
SLANDER"Meanest spawn of hell."
SLANDERMalign.
SLANDERBackbite.
SLANDERBasis of some campaign speeches.
SLANDERCalumny
SLANDERDamaging remark
SLANDERThrow dirt on
SLANDERPut down
SLANDERGive a bad name
SLANDERSpoken slur
slanderfalse, malicious statement that damages a person's reputation
slanderto defame (to destroy the reputation of)
slanderto utter slander against
SLANDERMalign
SLANDERFalsely malign
SLANDERDefame
SLANDERSmear with mud, say
SLANDERActionable words
SLANDERDirt, so to speak
SLANDERBad-mouth
SLANDERDefamation
SLANDERDefamation of a sort
SLANDERLibel's spoken equivalent
SLANDERDebase
SLANDERSpoken defamation
SLANDERUnkind gossip.
SLANDERFalse report.
SLANDERCalumniation.
SLANDERDefamation of character by spoken words, signs, gestures, etc.
SLANDERDefamation of character.
SLANDERDefamation.
SLANDERWeapon of the "witch-hunters."