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whispering campaign definition

☆ whispering campaign

the organized dissemination of defamatory rumors by word of mouth, intended to discredit a political candidate, group, cause, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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