Traducement

tra·duce  (tr-ds, -dys)

tr.v. tra·duced, tra·duc·ing, tra·duc·es

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

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[Latin trdcere, to lead as a spectacle, dishonor : tr-, trns-, trans- + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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tra·ducement n.

tra·ducer n.

tra·ducing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

traducement - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something assassination, blackwash, character assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation malignment, smear, vilification - slanderous defamation libel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person slander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another name calling, names - verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me" epithet, name - a defamatory or abusive word or phrase