bowdlerizes

bowdlerizes
bowdlerize (Amer.) bowd·ler·ize || 'baʊdləraɪz v. bowdlerise, censor literature, modify a written work by abridging in content, change a written work by distorting in style or content (named after Thomas Bowdler who published a censored version of Shakespeare's works)

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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