soil (one's) hands

To partake in especially underhanded, illicit, or illegal work or activities. The public can't be allowed to think that I, a senate hopeful, would ever soil my hands with a tax-evasion scheme such as that.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Michael	MIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German), MEE-kah-el (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Cadogan	-	Welsh, Irish
Gwladus	-	Welsh
Przemek	PZHE-mek	Polish
Yoram	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Combs	[ku:mz]