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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
vilify .
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Examples
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In another widely reported comment, Rankin vilified a group of women who met with him in 1943 to protest his stand against overseas soldiers 'voting in the 1944 presidential election: If I am any judge, they are communists, pure and simple; probably more simple than pure.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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Calumniated and vilified from the very first day, he never knew at what moment he would be banished.
03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003 John 2003
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Good Interpretation versus Evil Interpretation Mark Bennett, posits that every judicial decision involves "interpretation", a word vilified of late as the tool of evil activist judges bent on legislating from the bench.
Simple Justice 2008
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He insisted he wasn't the person who's been "vilified" by the media but didn't specifically address the allegations of torture and abuse.
Jon Burge Sentenced To 4 1/2 Years In Prison: Convicted Of Lying About Police Torture AP 2011
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Corporate leaders assail Obama's rhetoric (he has "vilified" them, they say) and his policies (he is spending and regulating too much, and he wants to let the upper-income Bush tax cuts expire).
Wall Street's attacks could turn President Obama into a true populist Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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Paul said he was "vilified" by the liberal media, which he maintained had mischaracterized his views on a variety of issues, most notably the Civil Rights Act, in order to try to destroy the Tea Party.
Rand Paul Complains Of 'Intolerance' On The Left: Liberals 'Call Me Names' (VIDEO) 2010
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And I think -- I think women get kind of vilified regardless of whether they ` re the candidate or the spouse.
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Mr. Benmosche said he had spent 90 minutes recently with Kenneth Feinberg, the government's pay czar for firms such as AIG that have received large amounts of aid, and told him that he thought AIG employees have been unfairly "vilified" on compensation.
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GERAGOS: I mean, there's been -- for years people have kind of vilified her without knowing any of the facts.
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In the aftermath of her article, the 42-year-old has said she's the most "vilified" woman in England because she doesn't find changing diapers "interesting."
Motherhood is Boring - Globe and Mail article, by popular demand 2006
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