smack of
phrasal verb
smacked of; smacking of; smacks of
: to seem to contain or involve (something unpleasant)
That suggestion smacks of hypocrisy.
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However, critics say the deal smacks of corruption and likely violates the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause, which bars federal officeholders from accepting gifts without the consent of Congress, according to NPR.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
This is a growing movement that ought to be raising eyebrows and forthrightly made visible to its superficiality and smacks of a Jedi-trick look-the-other-way hand-waving.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The Earp story, by contrast, smacked of frontier thuggery.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
With its signature disdain for anything smacking of smarts or competence, the Trump administration now aims to destroy or neutralize them.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
This is a growing movement that ought to be raising eyebrows and forthrightly made visible to its superficiality and smacks of a Jedi-trick look-the-other-way hand-waving.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The Earp story, by contrast, smacked of frontier thuggery.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
With its signature disdain for anything smacking of smarts or competence, the Trump administration now aims to destroy or neutralize them.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Smack of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smack%20of. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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