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defiled

adjective as in corrupted, violated

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The gospels of James and Pseudo-Matthew, which didn’t make it into the codified Bible, provide some of the most characterful scenes, as when Joseph comes home to find Mary six months pregnant and exclaims irately, “Who did this evil thing in my house and defiled her?”

At the hearing in October 2023, Hugh Tomlinson KC, for Mr Trump, described the allegations in the memos - which included a claim that the 77-year-old had "defiled" a bed previously used by former president Barack Obama and his wife - as "egregiously inaccurate".

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Nearly 20 years later, vandals dug up and defiled corpses.

In his resignation letter, he said the CCC had been "defiled", accusing the ruling Zanu-PF party of being behind the move - allegations it denied.

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For a long time, the only way to revisit these vital artifacts from Seattle’s rock glory years was through incomplete collections that were routinely defiled by fans seeking to have a copy of Cobain’s ad or similar treasures for themselves.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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