poison-pen letter

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poison-pen letter
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.

poison-pen letter
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
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Alternative form of poison-pen letter
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plural form of poison-pen letter
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