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simple past and past participle of attaint examples
comparative more attainted, superlative most attainted
Subject to attainder; condemned to death or outlawry, hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions. quotations examples
The king stands in your father's place, since your brother is an attainted traitor.
2000, George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam, published 2011, page 383
Besides, Suffolk, attainted – stripped of his hereditary title – was no longer a member of the nobility, merely ‘Ed. Rebel’.
2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 228
(now rare) Tainted, corrupted.