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infection
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
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noun
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
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moral corruption or contamination
“ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable”
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the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
“a contagion of mirth”
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an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
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(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
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(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
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the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
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ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable
a contagion of mirth
the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry
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