bastardy

Example Sentences

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But Bracton does have a lot to say about monsters, duels, bastardy, concubines, sturgeon “and other royal fish,” the “pillory and the ducking-stool," and "a judgment with infamy.”

From Washington Post

That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.

From New York Times

The arm-wrestle between Portugal and Uruguay on Saturday will see a meeting of two teams with the necessary tournament bastardy, plus elite attackers in form.

From The Guardian

“All these great men use what comes to them from the Other to modify the Self, to bastardize it, for genius wants bastardy.”

From The New Yorker

Indeed, in Shakespeare's play, Richard III uses charges of bastardy to wipe out his rivals for the throne.

From Los Angeles Times