[{"word":"tainted","phonetic":"/ˈteɪntɪd/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈteɪntɪd/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To spoil (food) by contamination.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be affected with incipient putrefaction.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Meat soon taints in warm weather."},{"definition":"To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To thrust ineffectually with a lance.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Corrupted or filled with imperfections.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money."},{"definition":"(of data) Originating from an untrusted source.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Do not use tainted values in SQL queries."}],"synonyms":["corrupt","imperfect","impure"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taint","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tainted"]}]