adulterate
verb (used with object)
to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article).
had adulterated
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past perfectof adulterate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But such houses as Guerlain, which colleagues in the trade call the "perfume emperor," fiercely resent even a hint that they had adulterated their wares.
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