pox
1. noun
1
syphilis; hence any sexually transmitted infection. Altered spelling of 'pocks', originally applied to the pustules of any eruptive disease UK, 1503.
2
marijuana; hashish UK, 1996.
3
opium; heroin US, 1942
2. verb
to spoil something. From an earlier sense, 'to infect with syphilis' UK, 1802