Idiom
whisper campaign
Meaning
A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The rival candidate started a whisper campaign to ruin her reputation.”
“The company suffered after a whisper campaign suggested that their main product was unsafe, though no one could prove who started the rumors.”
“By employing a calculated whisper campaign, the political operative successfully undermined the incumbent's credibility without ever leaving a traceable footprint of his involvement.”
Examples
simple
“The rival candidate started a whisper campaign to ruin her reputation.”
contextual
“The company suffered after a whisper campaign suggested that their main product was unsafe, though no one could prove who started the rumors.”
complex
“By employing a calculated whisper campaign, the political operative successfully undermined the incumbent's credibility without ever leaving a traceable footprint of his involvement.”
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