taint

By admiralty law, the taint of contraband extends to all property on board belonging to the owners of detected contraband articles.

Taint
·noun Tincture; hue; color; tinge. II. Taint ·noun Infection; corruption; deprivation. III. Taint ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
'taint
A corrupt abbreviation for it is not. "Wonder what time it is?" said Miss Mary. "Oh, taint late," s...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.