character assassination

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While the Bothans aren't a violent people, their skills at character assassination are unparalleled.
博萨人并非崇尚暴力的种族，但他们诋毁人格的本事可谓无以匹敌。
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The opposition is trying to do character assassination on our candidate by bringing up details from his messy divorce.
对手试图利用我方候选人婚姻不顺利为口实，进行人身攻击。
Hypocrisy double-dealing innuendo and character assassination.
伪善、欺骗、影射和诽谤。

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For, at the moment, Michele Bachmann is not facing mere name-calling but outright character assassination.
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As the case opened, his lawyers suggested he had been subjected to character assassination by the Indonesian media.
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an intentional attempt to spoil the reputation of a person by criticizing them severely, especially unfairly, in the newspapers or on television

A character assassination is a deliberate attempt to destroy someone's reputation, especially by criticizing them in an unfair and dishonest way when they are not present.