6946. Public figures should not indulge in mud-slinging.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
caricatures : a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.

mockery : teasing and contemptuous language or behaviour directed at a particular person or thing.

slander : the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.

quarrelling : have a heated argument or disagreement.

mud-slinging : the use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent.

Synonym of mud-slinging is slander