adulterate

It is one thing to alter the competition, another to adulterate or corrupt it - La Liga accepts the first suggestion, but not the second.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025

Now, he can rest easy: There's no economic incentive to adulterate his product.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2023

Little five-spice seasoning or herbs adulterate this meat.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2021

In 2008, at least 81 people died from a poisoned blood thinner traced back to a Chinese supplier in what has been described as a “deliberate scheme to adulterate a lifesaving medication.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2021

Peanuts are largely used to adulterate chocolate, and so far as wholesomeness is concerned, are not objectionable.

From The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses by B. W. Jones

But no matter how any culture adulterates this, chicken soup remains a familiar, familial elixir that hearkens back to when your mom simmered a pot for you on a cold, damp day.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

L invades her home, adulterates it with his grimace, and then turns his canvas in another direction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2021

Schamus cuts or adulterates everything in the novel that’s an audacity of form or a leap of vision.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 2, 2016

This triangulating trend developed overseas: For the European market, Coca-Cola adulterates its Fanta with acesulfame-K and aspartame, and slips stevia into its cans of Sprite.

From Slate ● May 13, 2013

Sophisticā′tion, act of sophisticating, adulterating, or injuring by mixture; Sophis′ticātor, one who sophisticates or adulterates; Sophis′ticism, the philosophy or the methods of the sophists; Soph′istress, a she-sophist; Soph′istry, specious but fallacious reasoning.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Consumers have filed at least four lawsuits against Taco Bell in connection with their illnesses, alleging the chain sold adulterated products that led to lost wages, suffering and bodily harm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Zhu’s partner, Wang, is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and distribution of adulterated and misbranded medical devices in connection with the case.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

"The big problem we face is adulterated products -- some people add sugar," she said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

And more recently in April, food and drugs control authorities in Gujarat seized more than 60,000kg of adulterated spices - chilli powder, turmeric and coriander power and pickle masala.

From BBC ● May 14, 2024

“It comes down to the quality of the vanilla. I don’t like my crème brûlée adulterated, because then you can’t taste through to the quality of the ingredients.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

"It's totally adulterating the competition," Courtois told a news conference.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

From interviews, they also understood the motive: Brighter roots led to more profit, and adulterating with a consistently bright paint agent could disguise poorer-quality roots.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2023

The buying spree followed the melamine crisis when Chinese producers had been adulterating milk, baby formula and other foods with melamine, a chemical that is toxic in large quantities, to increase their apparent protein content.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2020

For example, a decade after Chinese milk producers were revealed to be adulterating infant formula, Chinese parents still shun the country’s dairy industry and distrust of food producers remains almost universal.

From The Verge ● Jul. 10, 2019

A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster