hit-job(с целью оклеветать, опорочить, принизить и т.п.: In September, the New York Times was forced to issue a correction for a hit-job on the Royal Family after it fudged inflation data and stoked recession fears. The embarrassing climbdown came after some readers threatened to cancel their subscriptions over their vicious coverage of the Queen just days after she died aged 96.dailymail.co.ukART Vancouver)