to disrespect or vilify, esp in order to obstruct a person's appointment to public office
bork in American English
(bɔrk)
transitive verb
to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, esp. in the media
Word origin
[1988, Amer.; after Judge Robert H. Bork, whose appointment to the Supreme Court was blocked in 1987 after an extensive mediacampaign by his opponents]