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English noun: hatchet job

1. hatchet job (communication) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions


Synonymscalumniation, calumny, defamation, obloquy, traducement


Broader (hypernym)depreciation, derogation, disparagement


Narrower (hyponym)assassination, blackwash, character assassination, epithet, libel, malignment, name, name calling, names, slander, smear, vilification









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