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You simply had — to bastardize a phrase popularized by Timothy Leary — to turn in, tune out and drop out.

Megan objected to the anecdote on social media, accusing Harris of trying to "reinvent history" and "bastardize his memory."

For example, AI could bastardize traditional recipes and methods, since AI is prone to stereotyping, for example flattening or oversimplifying cultural details and distinctions.

Harris-Walz are reclaiming flags and “freedom” as the language of patriotism, displayed in giant block letters behind many speakers who talked about how Republicans have bastardized both.

Alito and Thomas, batting for theocracy, have consistently bastardized the Establishment Clause into a tool for inflicting their own religion onto others, exactly the opposite of what Thomas Jefferson counseled.