vilify

• Hence the vast judicial inquiry set on foot by the King to vindicate the fame of her whom the English and the Anglo-French had hoped, through the condemnation pronounced by Cauchon in the name of the Church, to vilify, and through her, by her trial, condemnation, and death, to discredit Charles and his coronation. —  Joan of Arc
• While in the midst of a political campaign the contender can accuse, vilify, and repeat scurrilous nonsense with near impunity. —  eTalkinghead
• "People can criticize and vilify, they can do skits on 'Saturday Night Live' - I think that goes along with the territory," he said. —  Freep.com - RSS
• For years its newspapers, with one exception, have made it a point to sneer at, vilify, and hold up to public execration the officers of the regular army. —  A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike
• Do they not, whenever they speak, vilify, calumniate, and abuse all whom they believe to be blameless? —  The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.

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