poison pen letter

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A missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned

A retired academic was the author of a poison-pen letter campaign that brought 12 years of fear to a North Yorkshire village, a court was told yesterday. Dr James Forster . . . was alleged to have branded one villager a prostitute and sent the 13-year-old daughter of the parish clerk a copy of a pornographic magazine.

A poison-pen letter is an unpleasant unsigned letter which is sent in order to upset someone or to cause trouble. a letter that is not signed and that says bad things about the person it has been sent to
poison pen letter

    Hyphenation

    poi·son pen let·ter

    Turkish pronunciation

    poyzın pen letır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpoizən ˈpen ˈletər/ /ˈpɔɪzən ˈpɛn ˈlɛtɜr/
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