entacher
French → English
(reputation) To tarnish: to damage or soil a person's honor, reputation, or record
Ce scandale a fini par entacher la réputation de l'homme politique.
(English) This scandal eventually tarnished the politician's reputation.
Il ne voulait pas entacher l'honneur de sa famille par ses erreurs.
(English) He did not want to soil his family's honor with his mistakes.
(legal) To vitiate: to impair the legal validity of an act or document due to a flaw
Une erreur de procédure peut entacher l'acte d'une illégalité.
(English) A procedural error can taint the act with illegality.
L'absence de signature entache la validité du contrat de vente.
(English) The absence of a signature vitiates the validity of the sales contract.
Entry ID: fr:en:entacher · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary