traduce

traduce [ truh-DOOS, -DYOOS ]
	[ transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. to slander or defame 2. to speak maliciously and falsely about 3. to cause disgrace or humiliation to a person by making malicious and false statements
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The politician was traduced by his adversary during the election campaign.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	The "socialised medicine" of the British National Health Service has been roundly traduced; imperfect it may be, but the stories fed to the American public were caricatures.