1. attacked the reputation or integrity of someone with false or damaging statements
Usage: formal; past tense of asperse

Examples

• The politician’s character was aspersed by his opponents during the campaign.
• She felt her professional reputation had been unfairly aspersed by the accusations.
• The journalist aspersed the company’s ethics in her investigative report.
• His good name was aspersed by rumors and gossip.
• The witness aspersed the defendant’s credibility during cross-examination.
• Critics aspersed the author’s motives for writing the controversial book.