blackwash

1. (transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.Examples: "Near-synonyms: tar, smear, besmirch"; "Mistrusting my own prejudices, I have taken the story from the two parliamentary papers in which our officials have done their utmost to whitewash the tribunals and the pigeon-shooting party, and to blackwash the villagers."Antonyms: whitewash#Verb, launder#Verb, rehabilitatetransitive

2. (transitive) To cover with a black color.Examples: "The masts of British frigates and U.S. warships blackwashed the piers at the Embarcadero."; "I do not care whether a man whitewashes or blackwashes his fence, or whether he uses guano or barnyard manure, or what his mode of cultivation may be, the question is, Does he get good fruit?"Synonyms: blackentransitive

3. (transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.Examples: "Basquiat's epic-size, experimental canvases betray his radical determination to blackwash not solely history but art history."; "TheCYGamer, for example, called out the game for liberal propaganda, stating that, "[…] This is straight up blackwashing history to please the SJW's.""transitive