欲加之罪，何患無辭

yu4 jia1 zhi1 zui4 , he2 huan4 wu2 ci2

If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳, 左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb, Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.

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欲加之罪，何患無辭|欲加之罪，何患无辞 [yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí] ► If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan ↑左傳|↑左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb ► Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.