traduce

Traduce is to say mean and untrue things about a person or thing, or to betray.

(verb)

An example of traduce is for a campaign aide to damage a senator's chances for election with a false story in the newspapers.

See traduce in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb traduced, traducing

Origin: L traducere, to lead along, exhibit as a spectacle, disgrace < tra(ns), across, over + ducere, to lead: see trans- & duct

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See traduce in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb tra·duced, tra·duc·ing, tra·duc·es

To cause humiliation or disgrace to by making malicious and false statements. See Synonyms at malign.

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Origin: Latin trādūcere, to lead as a spectacle, dishonor

Origin: : trā-, trāns-, trans-

Origin: + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots

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