adulterated

adj

1. (not-comparable)Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug).

   “Near-synonyms: laced, tainted, contaminated; see also Thesaurus:contaminated”

   “The problem of adulterated milk has periodically reemerged as a public health menace, from New York in the 1850s to China in 2008.”

   “Heroin is often adulterated with fentanyl.”

   “A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.”

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of adulterate