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

Little five-spice seasoning or herbs adulterate this meat.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021

You don’t take a food celebrated for one property alone — pickles are sour — and adulterate its central character and declare it brilliant.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2021

Indeed, if people will adulterate their coffee, it were much to be wished that they would use nothing more harmful than the Peanut for this purpose.

From The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses by Jones, B. W.