adulterate

Example Sentences

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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

A clever entrepreneur could establish a weight-loss program entirely on the basis of alerting people to the larvae and dry rot and beetle eggs that adulterate their favorite foods.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021

Little five-spice seasoning or herbs adulterate this meat.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021

They must forfeit to the public treasury for the benefit of the poor as much genuine gold and silver as they have manufactured of the false or adulterate metal.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.