adulteration

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ADULTERA'TION, noun The act of adulterating, or the state of being adulterated, corrupted or debased by foreign mixture. The adulteration of liquors, of drugs, and even of bread and beer, is common, but a scandalous crime.
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