defile
/dɪˈfaɪl/
Dictionary
verb
- To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.
- To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate
"To urinate on someone's grave is an example of a way to defile it."
- To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape
"The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl."
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