taint
Example Sentences
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Prosecutors in Paris will seek to establish whether the baby formula producers are liable for distributing a tainted product.
From BBC
The ruling denied the city’s proposal that the court could merely exclude the altered records as evidence, finding the evidence so tainted that a fair trial would not be possible.
From Los Angeles Times
Its business took a hit when it served tainted food that sickened more than 1,100 people in the U.S. from 2015 to 2018.
From Los Angeles Times
While insects are a novel food in some countries, tainted spices are a persistent global problem.
From BBC
Rather than pristine red blood cells, some of them have been tainted with black markings.
From BBC
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