| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | tarnish image | порочить репутацию |
| media. | tarnish image | позорить репутацию (bigmaxus) |
| media. | tarnish image | пятнать репутацию (bigmaxus) |
| gen. | tarnish one's image | запятнать облик (The reason our chief of police didn't want to use any force on the rioters is that he's just a political puppet of our mayor who was afraid that would tarnish his granola-eating image. ART Vancouver) |
| media. | tarnish the image | очернять образ (of ... – чей-либо ... ; Associated Press Alex_Odeychuk) |