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Befoul

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foulnoun(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
maculateverbTo spot; to stain; to blur.
defilenoun(transitive) To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

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defileverb(transitive) To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
foulverb(transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
maculateverbTo spot; to stain; to blur.
befileverb(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil.
dirtnoun(chiefly US) Soil or earth.
beraynounTo make foul; befoul; soil.
polluteverb(transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
filthyCovered with filth; very dirty.
befilthverb(transitive, rare) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
filthifyverb(transitive) To make something filthy.
filthenverb(rare, nonstandard, transitive) To cover with filth; besmut; besmirch; make filthy.
slurnounAn extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
dirty upverbTo make dirty; to sully
defoulverb(obsolete) To defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape.
foilnoun(mnemonic) An acronym for the algorithm for multiplying two binomials.
moilnounHard work.
impurenounNot pure
contaminateverb(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
besmirkverb(transitive) To besmirch; sully; befoul.
putrefyverbTo fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.

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