1
as in to violate
to fail to keep
a law that traduces one of our most cherished rights: the right to privacy
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2
as in to libel
to make untrue and harmful statements about
my opponent in this campaign may villainously traduce me, but I will not stoop to his level
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Recent Examples of traduce
In roundtable talks, their full humanity emerged: their fatigue at fighting gangsters to a draw and their guilt for how that fight traduced them.
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Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Its founding principles and its 1968 charter are of a bygone era, and they have been violated and traduced by the Palestinians’ own official practice.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
Those serenely appraising eyes refuse to be traduced by any fiction.
—Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
Her infatuation traduces the complexities of interracial, interspecies, and cross-cultural attraction.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 May 2023
And the academic establishment traduced it, mocked it, minimized it.
—Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
In Philip’s case, the myth was the good Jewish boy traduced by inner anarchy.
—Benjamin Taylor, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2020
Authors and illustrators are being flamed online and having their reputations traduced and their careers threatened for transgressing the capricious new standards of ideological purity.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
The site functions first as a watchdog to the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a profane populist who not only traduces norms but also urges the assassination of Filipino citizens in the name of combatting drugs.
—Karl Vick, Time, 12 Dec. 2019
Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Its founding principles and its 1968 charter are of a bygone era, and they have been violated and traduced by the Palestinians’ own official practice.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
Those serenely appraising eyes refuse to be traduced by any fiction.
—Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
Her infatuation traduces the complexities of interracial, interspecies, and cross-cultural attraction.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 May 2023
And the academic establishment traduced it, mocked it, minimized it.
—Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
In Philip’s case, the myth was the good Jewish boy traduced by inner anarchy.
—Benjamin Taylor, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2020
Authors and illustrators are being flamed online and having their reputations traduced and their careers threatened for transgressing the capricious new standards of ideological purity.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
The site functions first as a watchdog to the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a profane populist who not only traduces norms but also urges the assassination of Filipino citizens in the name of combatting drugs.
—Karl Vick, Time, 12 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traduce
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In Minnesota, leaders are bracing for the possibility that Trump will pardon Chauvin, who is serving concurrent state and federal prison sentences for murder, violating Floyd's constitutional rights and other crimes.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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The refrigerator was not cold enough and two cats roamed the shop, violating state food code.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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In 2022, Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who presided over both trials, decided The Times was not liable for defamation while jurors were deliberating, that the error amounted to unfortunate editorializing but not libel.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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As a new, inexpensive Chevrolet appeared in 1927 and The Dearborn Independent was sued for libeling a number of Jewish businessmen, Ford threw in the towel and apologized.—
George Pendle,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
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Ventura Fine testified that Clark was aware Combs had allegedly threatened to release explicit footage of her, while Cudi said Clark was the one who told him Combs had allegedly broken into his Los Angeles home after learning of his relationship with Ventura Fine.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed a trilateral meeting between himself, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin to break the deadlock on ending Moscow's invasion.—
Shane Croucher
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Avoid insecticides, greasy oils, or petroleum jelly smeared near the feeder that can coat hummingbird feathers.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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Though the moment is smeared in dramatic score, a dull clanging pierces through; the EMTs can’t get the gurney wheels to glide out of the doorway.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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“Traduce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traduce. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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