Contaminate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CONTAMINATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONTAMINATING.] [Lat. contaminātus, p. p. of contaminare, from con and anc. taminare, to violate; Sp. contaminar; It. contaminare.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by defiling contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute.

*Shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes?* Shak.

I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith.

Synonyms—To pollute; defile; sully; taint.