soil (one's) hands



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.
See also: hand, soil

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Halcyone-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Sidney['sidni]
Gerlof-Dutch
Oddr-Ancient Scandinavian
Gronw-Welsh
Penka-Bulgarian