Answer:

slander

Answer	Crossword Clue
SLANDER	Debase
SLANDER	Falsely malign
SLANDER	Defame

SLANDER	Smear with mud, say
SLANDER	Actionable words
SLANDER	Dirt, so to speak
SLANDER	Bad-mouth
SLANDER	Defamation
SLANDER	Defamation of a sort
SLANDER	Libel's spoken equivalent
SLANDER	Malign

SLANDER	Spoken defamation
SLANDER	Unkind gossip.
SLANDER	False report.
SLANDER	Calumniation.
SLANDER	Defamation of character by spoken words, signs, gestures, etc.
SLANDER	Defamation of character.
SLANDER	Defamation.
SLANDER	Weapon of the "witch-hunters."

SLANDER	Basis of some campaign speeches.
SLANDER	Injure by malicious talk.
SLANDER	Malicious report.
SLANDER	Cause for legal action.
SLANDER	Calumniate.
SLANDER	Canard.
SLANDER	Speak ill of.
SLANDER	"Meanest spawn of hell."

SLANDER	Malign.
SLANDER	Backbite.
SLANDER	Vilification
SLANDER	Calumny
SLANDER	Damaging remark
SLANDER	Throw dirt on
SLANDER	Put down
SLANDER	Give a bad name

SLANDER	Spoken slur