character assassination

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While the Bothans aren't a violent people, their skills at character assassination are unparalleled.
博薩人竝非崇尚暴力的種族，但他們詆燬人格的本事可謂無以匹敵。
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The opposition is trying to do character assassination on our candidate by bringing up details from his messy divorce.
對手試圖利用我方候選人婚姻不順利爲口實，進行人身攻擊。
Hypocrisy double-dealing innuendo and character assassination.
偽善、欺騙、影射和誹謗。

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For, at the moment, Michele Bachmann is not facing mere name-calling but outright character assassination.
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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.