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Definition of taint verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

taint

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