taint

1. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.

2. A tinge, trace or touch.

3. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.

4. A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.

5. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

6. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.

7. (US, slang, vulgar)The perineum.

8. (obsolete)Tincture; hue; colour.

9. (obsolete)Infection; corruption; deprivation.

1. His hands are tainted with blood.

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2. The stream was tainted crimson with blood.

   deDer Strom war rot von Blut.

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3. The usually delicious meal was tainted with unwashed hands.

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4. The cooked rice is tainted, the fried rice is consumed.

   deDer gekochte Reis ist verdorben, der gebratene verzehrt.

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5. After the pictures were revealed, the actress' clean image was tainted.

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