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Definition of taint verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

taint

verb

NAmE//teɪnt//

[often passive] taint something (with something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they taint

he / she / it taints

past simple tainted

-ing form tainting

to damage or spoil the quality of something or the opinion that people have of someone or something The administration was tainted with scandal.

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adjective tainted drinking waterSee taint in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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