He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.
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Defiled
/[dɪˈfaɪ(jə)ɫd]/
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The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.
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Down the dusty high roads defiled long streams of heavily-laden mules, all heading to the west, for the gold fever had broken out in California.
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It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.
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