adulterate

• The different textile manufacturers at length found that competition was so keen that it was necessary to adulterate, particularly any fabric that was popular. —  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
• Apparently the playhouses in general had been allowed to resume performances; and since by December 24 there had been no deaths from the plague for a week, the special inhibition of the Cockpit Playhouse was soon lifted And in the following year, 1630, Thomas Carew in verses prefixed to Davenport's Just Italian_, attacks the Red Bull and the Cockpit as "adulterate" stages where "noise prevails," and "not a tongue of th' untun'd kennel can a line repeat of serious sense." —  Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration
• '[225] 'Tis only things false and adulterate which shun the light and fear the touchstone.' —  The English Church in the Eighteenth Century
• "Oh, but ten pounds is nothing in your way, you know, Jorrocks--adulterate a chest of tea. —  Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities
• There are tradesmen who adulterate, contractors who "scamp," manufacturers who give us shoddy instead of wool, "dressing" instead of cotton, cast-iron tools instead of steel, needles without eyes, razors made only "to sell," and swindled fabrics in many shapes. —  Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance

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