Thesaurus / adulteration

adulteration

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Facing or coloring is also an adulteration, since it is done to give poor or damaged tea a brighter appearance.

The adulteration of guano is carried to a great extent in England, and probably will be in this country.

GUANOSOLON ROBINSON

It is always easy to discover the proportion of the adulteration.

The best mode of detecting this adulteration is by the microscope.

It robs society by the adulteration of products, pushed at the present day beyond all bounds.

SOCIALISMJOHN STUART MILL

The colour of the ash is another important point, and may serve as a further indication of adulteration.

This article is very often subjected to one of the most reprehensible modes of adulteration ever devised.

In Michigan the law does not define any standard for adulteration or unadulteration.

The adulteration of both flour and bread is carried to a fearful extent, more especially in London.

Later in the century heavy penalties were imposed for adulteration.

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