tr.v., -duced, -duc·ing, -duc·es.

To cause humiliation or disgrace to by making malicious and false statements. See synonyms at malign.

[Latin trādūcere, to lead as a spectacle, dishonor : trā-, trāns-, trans- + dūcere, to lead.]

traducement tra·duce'ment n.
traducer tra·duc'er n.
traducingly tra·duc'ing·ly adv.

The remarkably vituperative George Galloway, a Scottish MP accused of receiving oil in exchange for support of Saddam Hussein, lashed out during a visit to the US Senate:

"'I know that standards have slipped in Washington in recent years, but for a lawyer, you're remarkably cavalier with any idea of justice,' he told Norm Coleman, the Minnesota Republican who chairs the senate investigations committee... 'I'm here today, but last week you already found me guilty. You traduced my name around the world without ever having asked me a single question.'"

He had earlier called his accusers a "lickspittle" committee.

Link: Galloway and the mother of all invective

Posted May 19, 2005.

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verb

To make defamatory statements about: asperse, backbite, calumniate, defame, malign, slander, slur, tear down, vilify. Law libel. Idioms: cast aspersions on. See attack/defend, crimes, law.

to malign

IN BRIEF: v. - Speak unfavorably about.

Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bagtale

Nederlands (Dutch)
belasteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - diffamer

Deutsch (German)
v. - verleumden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαστρέφω, διαστρεβλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
calunniare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - difamar, denegrir, caluniar

Русский (Russian)
злословить, клеветать, чернить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - difamar, calumniar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förtala

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
诽谤, 背叛, 中伤

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 誹謗, 背叛, 中傷

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 비방하다, 중상하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 中傷する, 悪口を言う, 背く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينتهك, يطعن أو يقدح في‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוציא דיבה, השמיץ‬

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