Besmirching

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Besmirch \Be*smirch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmirched}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Besmirching}.]
     To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To
     dishonor; to sully. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]