English-Swedish translations for defile

• defilera
  Folket defilerade sörjande förbi Evitas öppna kista
  Kompaniet fick defilera genom det beskjutningen pågick. Blåsorkestern defilerar under tonerna till "Björneborgarnas marsch
  Alla deltagare måste defilera framför domarVärdinnan såg gästerna defilera till matsalen
• örena

Definition of defile

• To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul
• To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate
• To deprive or ruin someone's purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape
• A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains
• A single file, such as of soldiers
• To march in a single file

Examples

• To urinate on someones grave is an example of a way to defile it.
• The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl.

Related words

• defiled
• defilement
• undefiled
• defiler