Definition of "maligns" [maligns]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malign. (verb)

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• "If your group "maligns" murderers for committing murder, then, by this definition, it is a hate group."
• "Whatever led to your divorce, whether it was infidelity or irreconcilable differences, was a violation of the marriage vows the two of you took; to speak publicly about it in a way that maligns either your ex or the marriage is a continuation of that violation, and it perpetuates the negative behavior that has already taken place."
• "We crucify a policeman for doing what any policeman would do in the same situation, and the President openly maligns him and his department, and when he realizes he's done wrong, you post the barest – literally, you have done the bare minimum here – acknowledgment of that fact?"