bastardize

Example Sentences

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When I started writing, I was captivated by these myths and how they had become distorted and bastardized.

From Salon

“What was once the most respected and revered district attorney’s office in the nation has been fully bastardized by an opportunistic politician seeking, like many others, to cash in on the Trump brand.”

From Washington Post

It's not coincidental that the way they're bastardized and depleted serves certain interests.

From Salon

“My fear is that what was meant for good, in terms of pancreas donation, is being bastardized for self-preservation” by organ procurement organizations, he said in an interview.

From Washington Post

But it also elides an inconvenient truth about mainstream filmmaking that most screenwriters would prefer go un-emphasized, which is that their craft has always been a bastardized art form.

From Washington Post