Adulterate

Adulterate:

Original Sentence: The attack uses software from adulterate software from SolarWinds that can be exploited by hackers to steal information. (Apple News)

Prefix:Ad means to

Suffix: ate means the quality or state of

guessed definition - is to change

Actual definition:To corrupt,debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element. (1531) Especially to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients.

Different endings: Adulterated, adulterating,adulterator,and adultery

Etymology:

• Comes from a Latin word adulteratus

• From east England in the 1530s

• Past principal of adulterare

• From ad + alter other means - more at else

Sentences:

“Defendants do not take sufficient measures to control or prevent the known risks of adulteration to its tuna products.”- New York Post

"Fentanyl began to be adulterate into the opioid supply starting in about 2015 and 2016," Keyes said.- Fox 5 ny

"It took five weeks and dozens of deaths to understand the cause: adulterate cooking oil." - Washington Post

Sentence Definition:

When someone refers to adulterate of a substance,he/she is referring to corruption of an inferior substance or importing less valuable things in replace of a more valuable thing.