defile1
verb (formal or literary)- defile something
to make something dirty or no longer pure, especially something that people consider important or holy 弄髒;玷污;糟蹋;亵渎 Many victims of burglary feel their homes have been defiled. 許多家門被撬的人都感到自己的家被玷污了。 The altar had been defiled by vandals. 聖壇受到破壞公物者的肆意踐踏。
Word Originlate Middle English: alteration of obsolete defoul, from Old French defouler ‘trample down’, influenced by obsolete befile ‘pollute, defile’.