adulterator
One who taints
An adulterator is someone who adulterates—who corrupts, debases, or makes impure by adding inferior or foreign substances.
The term typically appears in contexts of food, drink, or drug contamination: The adulterator had been cutting the milk with water for years.
It carries strong connotations of dishonesty and harm to unsuspecting consumers.
Make impure
- polluteMake impure harmfully
- defileTo violate sanctity
- contaminateMake unclean or unsafe
- spoilDamage or overindulge
degrade · dilute · impure · denature · tamper · doctor · cut · stretch
Nitrogen-rich plastic precursor
- methanolToxic one-carbon alcohol
- formaldehydeColorless pungent preservative gas
- sawdustPowdery timber waste
- ureaNitrogenous metabolic waste compound
horsemeat · toxic · hazardous · unsafe · contaminated · scandal
taint
Make impure
- polluteMake impure harmfully
- defileTo violate sanctity
- contaminateMake unclean or unsafe
spoil · degrade · dilute · impure · denature · tamper · doctor · cut · stretch · water down
melamine
Nitrogen-rich plastic precursor
- methanolToxic one-carbon alcohol
- formaldehydeColorless pungent preservative gas
- sawdustPowdery timber waste
urea · horsemeat · toxic · hazardous · unsafe · contaminated · scandal
counterfeit
Fraudulent imitation
forgery · misrepresent · mislabel · deceive · swindle · scam · charlatan · cheat · dishonest · fraudulent
- adulterated goodsProducts compromised by additives
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