n.
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: tarred ; tar · ring
Date: 13th century
1 : to cover with tar
2 : to defile as if with tar <least tarred by the scandal ― Newsweek >
– tar and feather : to smear (a person) with tar and cover with feathers as a punishment or indignity
– tar with the same brush : to mark or stain with the same fault or characteristic