flyblow

Etymology

From fly + blow.

noun

  1. An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.

verb

  1. To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on flesh; to cause to be maggoty.
  2. To taint or contaminate.“I am unwilling to believe that he designs to play tricks, and to flyblow my words, to make others distaste them.”