maculate(verb) spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
(verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
(adjective satellite) spotted or blotched
(adjective satellite) morally blemished; stained or impure
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