Contaminate
Contaminate (kon*tam"i*nāt) , transitive verb
[Latin contaminatus, past participle of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, from contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.
Shall we now
Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated.
Contaminate (-nat) , adjective
Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
Contaminate drink.