taint
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Case May Taint Jury Mr. Rajaratnam is the central figure in the government’s vast investigation into insider trading on Wall Street.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2011
It said, Taint it,' and I answered, Taint it?'
From Time Magazine Archive
Taint no luck on this place, Roskus said.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Never Boreas’ hoary path, Never Eurus’ poisonous breath, Never baleful stellar lights, Taint thee with untimely blights!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Good madam, hear me speak; And let no quarrel, nor no brawl to come, Taint the condition of this present hour, Which I have wonder'd at.
From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
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