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defile

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Definitions from Case Law

United States Supreme Court

to make filthy; to corrupt the purity or perfection of; to rob of chastity; to make ceremonially unclean; tarnish, dishonor.

Defined by the Supreme Court in United States v. D Eichman W, 496 U.S. 310 (1990).

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To deprive of chastity.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To debauch, deflower or corrupt the chastity of a woman. The term does not necessarily imply force or ravishment, nor does it connote previous immaculateness. Sinte v. Montgomery, 79 Iowa, 737, 45 N. W. 292; State v. Fernald, 88 Iowa, 553, 55 N. W. 534.