Sentence:  The 'inspiration' for Dogs are Barking, Taylor avers, came from reading Coulthard-Clarke's history of Royal Military College, Duntroon, with its accounts of <WSD>bastardization</WSD> at the college, and from the author's experience of hearing fellow-officers reminisce about <WSD>bastardization</WSD> at the college. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.