The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word IMPURE
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More clues leading to the result IMPURE
- Everyman’s quietly guarded, oddly absent … and lewd
- Corrupt umpire is troubled
- A single representative Yorkshire river to be polluted
- Corrupt umpire is immoral
- Dirty ladder up mildewed climbing frames
- Corrupt match official, switching first and fourth place
- Everyman's quietly guarded, oddly absent ... and lewd
- What a sinless person may say might still be sullied
- Corrupt arbiter — one trading places with the UN leader?
- Corrupt baseball official I swapped with university
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The straight part
We know that "sullied" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sullied = impure.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does IMPURE mean?
IMPURE verb- To defile; to pollute
- Not pure