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traduce
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synonyms: calumniate, asperse, vilipend ???
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Definition:to make false, malicious claims about someone in order to humiliate them; trashtalkgratuitous sound file: by SoundsExciting, used unter the Attribution License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/https://freesound.org/people/SoundsExciting/sounds/205651/ (original trimmed/edited to reduce file size)
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and partly moved by the envy of others, who, receiving my views with uncandid minds and understanding them indifferently, have essayed to traduce me publicly, I have moved to commit these things to the press, in order that all may be enabled to form an opinion both of me and my labours.
William Harvey. On The Motion of The Heart And Blood In Animals (1628)
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This heavy-headed revel east and west Makes us traduced and tax'd of other nations; They clepe us drunkards, and with swinish phrase
Shakespeare. Hamlet
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Ifemelu’s father once said the prayers were delusional battles with imaginary traducers, yet he insisted that Ifemelu always wake up early to pray. “It keeps your mother happy,” he told her.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Americanah (2013)
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