I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It appeared the water supply had been tainted with a deadly toxin.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result, consumers no longer see used vehicles as somehow tainted and risky.
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Catty and stale aromas may develop and taint the beer.
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In this interpretation, Benjamin has been tainted by his relationship with Mrs Robinson and her alcoholic self-loathing.
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Some of the front-runners fortunately are not tainted by committee membership, nor do they look like Ed Moore clones.
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The spreading leprosy taints ev'ry part, Infects each limb, and sickens at the heart.
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Will their reputations be tainted by something that may end up a cruel game of Washington politics?
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the scruples would spawn in his head, giving a cynical taint to his image of himself.
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By age thirty, $ 500, 000-and that sum had the taint of the mediocre.
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From the taint of sadism, the hint of superiority, the woman evidently wanted her to fail.
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I understood the taint that adheres to everything domestic.
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Neither were judicial and court officials free from the taint of corruption.
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Other aspects of acceptability relate to the product behaviour in relation to taint , corrosion and harmonisation with house colour codes.
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The taint of politics in conservation is not peculiar to the federal agencies.