What is the meaning of befouled?

verb

  • Spot, stain, or pollute.
    • usage: "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

adjective

  • Made dirty or foul.
    • usage: "a building befouled with soot"; "breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot"
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