adulterate
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It is one thing to alter the competition, another to adulterate or corrupt it - La Liga accepts the first suggestion, but not the second.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
Now, he can rest easy: There's no economic incentive to adulterate his product.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2023
Little five-spice seasoning or herbs adulterate this meat.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021
In 2008, at least 81 people died from a poisoned blood thinner traced back to a Chinese supplier in what has been described as a “deliberate scheme to adulterate a lifesaving medication.”
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2021
SPICES.—Spices should be bought whole and ground in a spice mill as needed; if this is done, there need be little fear of their impurity, for whole spices are difficult to simulate or adulterate.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
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