Preemptively accusing others of doing the very thing you are doing, creating an intentional false campaign against those trying to stop your ill deeds.

A gaslighter’s tactic of projecting one’s own behavior onto their target, effectively rebranding the victims as the culpable.

n. The birth name of somebody who has changed their name. Most commonly attributed to trans people, but can be attributed to any person who has changed their name. (sometimes written as two words: dead name)

v. 1. To call somebody by their deadname.
v. 2. To out somebody's deadname to the public.