Answer: smeared

AnswerCrossword Clue
SMEAREDPracticed yellow journalism, perhaps
SMEAREDDefamed
SMEAREDCalumniated
SMEAREDVilified
SMEAREDBesmirched
SMEAREDSmudged
SMEAREDBedaubed
SMEAREDMaligned
SMEAREDPracticed yellow journalism
SMEAREDUnder political attack, maybe
SMEAREDSlung mud at
SMEAREDSpoke ill of
SMEAREDSpread, as jam
SMEAREDDaubed
SMEAREDSpread messily
SMEAREDSpread thickly
SMEAREDAttacked politically
SMEAREDSpread sloppily, as jam
SMEAREDTrashed
SMEAREDSlandered on the stump
smearedobliterate, obscure, blur, blend, wipe out, or defeat by or as if by smearing
smearedspread over a surface
smearedSMEAR, to spread with something oily or sticky
smearedto overspread with something unctuous, viscous, or adhesive daub smeared the paper with glue
smearedvilify especially by secretly and maliciously spreading grave charges and imputations
smearedstain, smudge, or dirty by or as if by smearing
SMEAREDCast aspersions on
SMEAREDSlandered
SMEAREDSpread
SMEAREDApplied liberally
SMEAREDBad-mouthed publicly
SMEAREDTook political potshots at
SMEAREDParticipated in an ugly campaign
SMEAREDDragged through the mud
SMEAREDBad-mouthed
SMEAREDSpread liberally
SMEAREDVillified
SMEAREDSpread butter
SMEAREDMade a mess with paint
SMEAREDLibeled