attaint

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The blood of one convicted of high treason is "attaint," and his deprivations extend to his descendants, unless Parliament remove the attainder.

From The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc by De Quincey, Thomas

Such secrets, gentle reader, might, if revealed, attaint the lady's character.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various

Again, on the 30th October, a bill was ordered to attaint all such persons as were in rebellion against their Majesties.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

And the knight was inclined to attaint his lady for a certain cruelty in the matter; she was being something less than fair to the Unspeakable Perk.

From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

It seemed to purport, contrary to the Constitution, to attaint the property of rebels after their death, and Lincoln was unwilling that the Constitution should be stretched in the direction of revengeful harshness.

From Abraham Lincoln by Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron