Verb (used with object) : to adulterate food. From Dictionary.com.
The agency did not disclose the name of the offending wine, including recalling the adulterated product. From Wordnik.com. [Wine: TTB and the ick factor] Reference
So our new Bay Bridge sits on piles held up by "adulterated," re-mixed and re-used concrete. From Wordnik.com. [Leslie Griffith: The San Francisco Bay Bridge And an Ethics Revolution] Reference
In March 2009, the U.S. attorney in Chicago obtained an injunction that cited Del Rey for selling "adulterated" food. From Wordnik.com. [Schools in the dark about tainted lunches] Reference
Under the deal, GlaxoSmithKline pleaded guilty to charges relating to the "adulterated". From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
And if those guidelines weren't followed, NPPC the legislation would require food from those farms to be "adulterated". From Wordnik.com. [Brownfield] Reference
More and more, weight loss products are being "adulterated" with potentially dangerous ingredients by their manufacturers. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
"adulterated" which I thought I had explained so nicely. From Wordnik.com. [Emile] Reference
They were much adulterated by the Greeks in Metaphrastes. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Sugar at the present time is not materially adulterated. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
Strained honey is easily adulterated with glucose products. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
It is often largely adulterated with chalk and sulphate of copper. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
The inferior kinds of smalt are occasionally adulterated with chalk. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Sold under various names as mineral water, it is too often adulterated. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
Opposite to them, however, lived the publican who sold adulterated wine. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
The heavy fumes of the liquor, doubtless adulterated, mounted to my head. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This is usually white lead, but it is often adulterated with zinc oxide; 2. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
That sold made up in small quantities is generally adulterated and useless. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
It is occasionally adulterated with bone black, a cheaper and inferior product. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Food is considered adulterated when it can be classified under any of the following headings. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
Besides the foregoing, there are other white leads, generally foreign, cheaper, and adulterated. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
It is frequently adulterated with earthy substances, such as brickdust, red ochre, and colcotha. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
The classes of goods that are most adulterated are the expensive fabrics, those of wool and silk. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Plumbago, or the so-called Black Lead, is often adulterated to an enormous extent with lamp black. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Indigo in dust, or in small bits, is often adulterated with sand, pulverized slate, and other earthy substances. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
A grocer or butcher who has once sold stale, adulterated, or impure wares has forfeited his right to be trusted. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
Foods has previously recalled wet cat and dog food produced with adulterated wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. From Wordnik.com. [Latest recalls from the CPSC and FDA] Reference
At Hankow the supply was so adulterated that a friend of mine actually found a small live fish in his morning cupful. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
Menu Foods has previously recalled wet cat and dog food produced with adulterated wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. From Wordnik.com. [Latest recalls from the CPSC and FDA] Reference
(Rel's), of Oakland, Calif., seeking to stop the company from manufacturing, producing, and selling adulterated food products. From Wordnik.com. [This week in safety: What's your beef?] Reference
And pet food adulterated with fertilizer, toothpaste containing antifreeze, shrimp contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals. From Wordnik.com. [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes on product safety] Reference
= This is an age of adulteration, and next to food there is probably no commodity that is adulterated as much as the clothing we wear. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
It does not effervesce with acids, as when adulterated with chalk; nor become pasty with boiling water, as when sophisticated with starch. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
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