Malign
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence. malevolent.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make defamatory statements about someone or something.
Example sentence: Having consumed election influence intelligence across various analytic communities, it is clear to me that different groups of analysts who focus on election threats from different countries are using different terminology to communicate the same malign actions.
Traduce
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.