adulterate
uh duhl tuh rayt
- v corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
adulterate liquor - s mixed with impurities
- The adulteration of milk with a synthetic liquid by unscrupulous people was a big scandal in the town.
- The plant managers willfully adulterated the product in order to meet the demand.
- These middlemen are likely to possess the technology necessary to adulterate raw milk.