Haint is a fictional expletive featured in the Defiance multimedia franchise. Haint is a derogatory racial slur which refers to people of the Castithan race. It is spoken mostly be humans, particularly Rafe McCawley, who has referred to Datak Tarr and his son, Alak Tarr by this name on more than one occasion. Bounty hunter Eddie Braddock also used the term to describe weapons manufacturer Pol Madis, who had been arrested after setting off an explosion in the town thoroughfare. Following Datak Tarr's successful bid at becoming the new mayor of Defiance, Colonel Galen Marsh of the Earth Republic called him an "uppity little haint".