Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Den. P. 1 To make dirty, soil, stain, defile, sully, spoil (fig. also); vaktroṣmaṇā malinayaṃti purogatāni R. 5. 73; yadāmedhāvinī śiṣyopadeśaṃ ma- linayati tadācāryasya doṣo nanu M. 1 ‘stains or brings discredit on’ &c.
2 To corrupt, deprave.
