colporter
Meanings
Verb
1. to peddle; to hawk
2. to spread (gossip, accusation) (figurative, often derogatory, derogatory, figuratively)
Examples3
Le vieil homme erre de ville en ville, colportant ses marchandises.
The old man wanders from town to town peddling his wares.
Tout ce qu'elle fait, c'est colporter des ragots.
All she does is gossip.
Le candidat a fini par colporter des thèses conspirationnistes.
The candidate ended up peddling conspiracy theories.