adulteration
adul·te·ra·tion
noun
1.
being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
2.
the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)
Origin
From Middle French adulteration and its etymon Latin adulterātĭō. By surface analysis, adulterate + -ion.
Phrases
- economically motivated adulteration
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