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adulteration

noun as in corruption

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Those are reliable products in a country where illegal moonshine stills -- or the dangerous adulteration of imported liquor -- has been a persistent problem.

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The letter said: "Decisions against Real Madrid have reached a level of manipulation and adulteration of the competition that can no longer be ignored."

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The pesticide adulteration rate matched that of products from California’s legal market, which mandates screening for 66 pesticides but ignores scores of other compounds The Times found.

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Apimondia - the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations - said in a statement that the change was "necessitated by the inability to have honey fully tested for adulteration".

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This is known as "food adulteration," and products with known or suspected adulteration are refused entry into the U.S.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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