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Definition
to attack the good name and reputation of someone
- At the present instant one of the most revered names in England is being besmirched by a blackmailer, and only I can stop a disastrous scandal.Chapter 5 — Three Broken Threads (54% in)
There are no more uses of "besmirch" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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