noun
- a false or misleading story published for political effect, especially to damage an opponent’s reputation
Usage: political
Examples
- The candidate’s team dismissed the allegations as nothing more than a roorback.
- Political opponents spread a roorback about his military service record.
- The newspaper refused to publish what they recognized as an obvious roorback.
- Campaign managers warned against falling for last-minute roorbacks.
- The roorback was quickly debunked by fact-checkers.
- She accused her rival of planting a roorback in the local press.