spread rumor

Ares's sister, Eris, the goddess of chaos and strife, spread rumor and jealousy to fan the flames of war.

So-called influencers and self-styled experts have also pushed their own quack cures and misinformation on Indonesian social media, including a widely spread rumor that popular infrared thermometer guns cause brain damage.

Trump typically uses paralipsis to spread rumor or conspiracy or to make threats or to defend violence or other despicable things, but since he has said it and also not said it, he can't be held accountable for saying those dangerous things.

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson — whose political rivalry established the first generation of American political parties — controlled most of the prominent newspapers of their day, and would use them to spread rumor and innuendo slandering the other's character.

Trump uses this strategy to spread rumor and innuendo and to give a "backstage" or "real" view of what he supposedly really thinks.