Word: besmircher
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This is the climax to one of the greatest blots on our Christian civilization. The infidel Moors were never guilty of these degenerate excesses when they ruled Spain, and it was ironic that their descendants were hired to besmirch their fine record. . . . This crime of Franco's against the children of his own race reminds us that the spirit of the Inquisition is still alive in Spain...
...dangerous are the caprices of irresponsible students. A thoughtless attack, a distortion of fact that may seem funny at the time, a vicious opinion purporting to state college sentiment, these are all within the power of college editors, and these are the things that can cut short a career, besmirch a character or hinder the work of an endowed institution...
...Jewish booksellers were forbidden to 1) sell books to anyone except Jews, 2) besmirch the reputations of Aryan German authors by selling their works...
...obvious that my father never had any part in my dealings with Fokker and I can see no reason why all of this should be brought out at this time, except a desire on the part of some one to besmirch the name of the President of the United States...
Without holding a brief for or against the Brothers Goldblatt as a native Chicagoan, I cannot help but resent the implication that a name like Goldblatt will per se besmirch the beauty of State St., and dip its standards into the mud. I would like to point out to you gentlemen of limitless knowledge and particularly to your erudite Chicago editorial staff that such distinguished Anglo-Saxon and Norman names as Marshall Field and Carson, Pine Scott & Co.. rather than symbolizing State St., Chicago, have long stood and do stand forlornly alone amid the non-Aryan hosts...