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dirt

/dɜːt/
noun

  1. Soil or earth.

  2. A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.

    Similar: filth

  3. Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person.

    "The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover."

    Similar: gossip, kompromat

Synonymsfilth, gossip, kompromat
verb

  1. To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty

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