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Definition taint in British English

taint verb

[transitive] verb
/teɪnt/
1

to give something an unpleasant quality that spoils it and often makes people not want it, or not want to be involved with it

Example

The air was tainted by the smell of burning.

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1.1

to make someone seem less honest, morally pure etc

Example

a lot of damaging publicity that could taint the jury

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Definition taint in British English