blackwash

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From black + -wash or black + wash (depending on sense).

New Zealand, countable, slang, uncountable A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
countable, slang, uncountable A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
countable, uncountable A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
countable, slang, uncountable Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
countable, uncountable A villainization campaign.

transitive To villainize, to present in a damaging light. Near-synonyms: tar, smear, besmirch
transitive To cover with a black color. The masts of British frigates and U.S. warships blackwashed the piers at the Embarcadero.
transitive To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people. Basquiat's epic-size, experimental canvases betray his radical determination to blackwash not solely history but art history.