Words similar to tainted

Example sentences for: tainted

How can you use “tainted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Ledbetter argues that public broadcasting's independence was tainted from the get-go by the "military-communications complex."
It is hard to believe that people who have spent years, even decades, writing about economics are really so fuzzy-minded that they cannot see the difference between protecting consumers from tainted produce and protecting workers from competing products.
Likewise, abnormal cervid prions don't easily convert normal cattle prions, suggesting that cattle won't get CWD and pass it on to humans who eat tainted beef.
But in my case, praise from a stranger is like a glass of water served at a restaurant in Bombay: You drink it warily, if at all, fearing it may be tainted.
So far, that effort has ousted 27 union members, put four local unions under a central trusteeship, and overturned four tainted local elections.