BADJACKETING: creating suspicion, by spreading rumors or unsubstantiated accusations, that people are undercovers, infiltrators, snitches, or cooperators. Sometimes this is done out of fear and paranoia. But normally, those who ‘lay jackets’ on others want to consolidate their control over a movement and feel threatened in their authority. It’s a favorite tactic of the State in destroying movements of liberation. These tactics of the state and the police go together, and jacketing often leads to direct violence and the destruction of movements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad-jacketing