infect

infect, vb.

1. To contaminate (the virus infected the entire network).

2. To taint with crime (one part of the city has long been infected with illegal drug-dealing).

3. To make (a ship or cargo) liable in the seizure of contraband, which is only a part of its cargo (claiming that the single package of marijuana had infected the ship, the Coast Guard seized the entire vessel). — infection, n. — infectious, adj.


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