dirty politics

ad hominem blackening dirty pool dirty tricks hatchet job muckraking mudslinging name-calling personal attack slanderous attack smear smear campaign

conjuration dirty game dirty tricks dirty work escamotage foul play jugglery legerdemain mudslinging prestidigitation sleight of hand smoke and mirrors trickery

character assassination defamation dragging one's name through the mud negative campaign slander

character assassination defamation defamation of character dirty pool dragging one's name through the mud injury of reputation malicious defamation mudslinging negative campaign negative campaigning personal attack slander whispering campaign