to slander, make a false accusation
/charge falsely or with malicious intent
SYN - asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, swear, smurch, sully
"He could handle people being mean or disagreeing with the philosopher, what he didnt like was the way this man would calumniate about her background."
"In the dirty game of politics there would be backroom deals where a group was sent off to calumniate the opponent."
"It was for him to get his message across when there were so many people that would calumniate about his personal life and intent."
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Calumniate is a transitive verb; the preposition "about" should be omitted from the first and third example sentences.
Also, there is a comma splice in the first example, and the third example should probably read "people who" instead of "people that."
I realize this is an old blog post, but maybe this will help someone else who needs it!
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