maculare: commaculare: maculis aspergere (especially to make spots upon white) or contaminare (to defile, contaminate; but only figuratively): polluere (to pollute, defile, desecrate): spurcare, conspurcare (to defile, contaminate): oblinere (to bedaub, figuratively for to pollute): infuscare (figuratively to obscure): foedare (to disfigure): violare (to injure, dishonor): labem or labeculam aspergere alicui rei (to stain, pollute, figuratively).