TAINTED — Definition of TAINTED
verb
1
To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
2
To spoil (food) by contamination.
3
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
4
To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
Meat soon taints in warm weather.
verb
1
To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
2
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
3
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
adjective
1
Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.
2
(of data) Originating from an untrusted source.
Do not use tainted values in SQL queries.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taint
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