INFECT

infect,vb.1. To contaminate <the virus infected the entire network>.2. To taint with crime <one part of the city has long been infected with illegal drug-dealing>.3. To make (a ship or cargo) liable in the seizure of contraband, which is only a part of its cargo <claiming that the single package of marijuana had infected the ship, the Coast Guard seized the entire vessel>. — infection,n. — infectious,adj.

[Blacks Law 8th]