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• n  the state of being polluted

• To keep it from defilement.
• Even before it went into effect British Jew Rudolph Selz had been arrested for "racial defilement" of a German woman and non-Jew Edmond Thomas is in jail for consorting with a .
• Koranic defilement is a recurring Islamic concern.

• befoulment
• pollution

News & Articles

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• Mariano Rivera Hopes Jackie Robinson Statue Vandals Will Be Caught
  Yankees closing pitcher Mariano Rivera has condemned the defilement of a Jackie Robinson statue outside MCU Park at Coney Island.
  Aug. 12, 2013 - CBS New York

Quotes

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• Paul Carney in Irish Independent
  Mr Justice Carney noted this was the first case of "defilement of a girl under 15 years" as enacted in the 2006 legislation to come before the court and that the Oireachtas believed it merited up to life imprisonment.
• Jacques Chirac in International Herald Tribune
  This defilement is even more shocking since it affected the tombs of soldiers who gave their lives for France,Chirac said in a statement.
• Pope Benedict XVI in Edmonton Journal
  During New Year's Eve vespers at St Peter's Basilica, traditionally addressed to Romans, the Pope said: "Not a few, especially young people, are attracted by a false glorification or even defilement of the body and the banalization of sexuality."