動詞 attaint:

1. bring shame or dishonor upon
   同義詞：dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, shame
2. condemn by attainder

at.taint

v.tr.（及物動詞）
at.taint.ed,at.taint.ing,at.taints
To impart stigma to; disgrace:
污辱，玷污：給…帶來恥辱；毀譽(yù)：
例句：
.No breath of calumny ever attainted the personal purity of Savonarola.(Henry Hart Milman)
.沒有任何誹謗能夠玷污薩伏那洛拉的清白.(亨利·哈特·米爾曼)

To pass a sentence of attainder against.
宣判剝奪…的財產(chǎn)和公民權(quán)利
Archaic To infect or corrupt, as with illness or vice.
【古語】 侵蝕：因疾病或罪行而被感染或墮落
Archaic To accuse.
【古語】 控告
n.（名詞）
Obsolete Attainder.
【廢語】 被剝奪財產(chǎn)及公民權(quán)
Archaic A disgrace; a stigma.
【古語】 毀謗；恥辱

來源：
Middle English attainten
中古英語 attainten
from Old French ataint [past participle of] ataindre [to affect] * see attain
源自 古法語 ataint [] ataindre的過去分詞 [影響] *參見 attain