Betydelse av taint på svenska

• 0 to spoil something or give it an unpleasant quality:

  • His reputation was permanently tainted by the financial scandal.

  • He warned of toxins such as mercury tainting some fish.

• 1 the act or result of spoiling something or giving it an unpleasant quality:

  • He managed to escape the worst taint of the Watergate scandal.

  • The enquiry cleared him of any taint of suspicion/dishonesty.

• 2 to damage the quality, taste, or value of something:

  • Bacteria had tainted the meat.

  • His reputation was permanently tainted by the scandal.