n. 25B6; verb
he soiled his tie : DIRTY, stain, splash, spot, spatter, splatter, smear, smudge, sully, spoil, foul; informal muck up; poetic/literary begrime.
our reputation is being soiled : DISHONOUR, damage, sully, stain, blacken, tarnish, taint, blemish, defile, blot, smear, drag through the mud; poetic/literary besmirch.