Meaning of besmirk | Babel Free

Definitions

To besmirch; sully; befoul.

transitive

Examples

“A mighty people, strong, reliant, free, / With souls sustained by foulest sorcery / Of noxious demagogues whose wiles disguise / Their sanguine lusts, and whose polluted lies / Besmirk the fairest form of Liberty!”

“ESPN or some high-wattage radio station, they wouldn't besmirk their own hands, they'd sub it out to lowlifes.”

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