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Definition of "attainted" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of attaint. (verb)
  • Subject to attainder; condemned to death or outlawry, hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions. (adjective)
  • Tainted, corrupted. (adjective)

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Use "attainted" in a sentence
  • "With my name attainted by treason I can own nothing in my own right, I cannot trade or sell or buy."
  • "The school I'm now going to attainted is in Boston and this makes me so much more excited for it."
  • ""What!" he said, "a peer without a penny! the name attainted, too, and all lands and property declared forfeit!"