Also means
ruin
Usage Note
Empoisonner means to literally poison, but also informally to make life difficult for someone: tu m'empoisonnes la vie! (you're making my life miserable!). Reflexively, s'empoisonner means to poison oneself or, colloquially, to go to a lot of bother over something. It is derived from poison.
Examples
"Quelqu'un a tenté d'empoisonner le chef."
Natural Translation
Someone tried to poison the chef.
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