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Attaint (Verb)

Bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

His involvement in the scandal would attaint the reputation of his entire family.
Her actions in the business deal would likely attaint the trust between the partners.
The politician's decision to take a bribe would attaint the integrity of his party.
The defendant's false testimony threatened to attaint the reputation of the entire institution.
His refusal to apologize after the incident would attaint the memory of the deceased person.

Condemn by attainder; "the man was attainted".

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

The king judged his former advisor guilty and subsequently attainted him, stripping him of his title and lands.
The committee voted to attaint the former CEO for his involvement in the scandalous financial dealings.
Following his treason conviction, the noble was attainted and all his properties seized by the state.
As per the ancient laws, any person found guilty of high treason would be attainted, rendering their heirs powerless.
The once-respected community leader was attainted by the local authorities for their deceitful actions that undermined public trust.