Rascalize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To slander or disparage as a rascal. rare, transitive

    ""Aye," said I, cutting him short. "there is the rub!—you had not nerve to be thought the friend of a man whom you heard rascalized, though you knew how unjustly,—then, never more be friend of mine!"

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""Aye," said I, cutting him short. "there is the rub!—you had not nerve to be thought the friend of a man whom you heard rascalized, though you knew how unjustly,—then, never more be friend of mine!"

Etymology

From rascal + -ize.

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