VERB [usually passive]在(饮食中)掺入杂质;掺假 If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it. 在(饮食中)掺入杂质;掺假
The food had been adulterated to increase its weight. [beVERB-ed]
食物被掺了杂质以增加分量。
There is a regulation against adulterated cosmetics. [VERB-ed]