When a burglar is caught who does not wear a collar he is described as a degenerate of the lowest type, singularly vicious and depraved, and is suspected of being the desperate criminal who stole the handcuffs out of Patrolman Hennessy's pocket in 1878 and walked away to escape arrest.
He pointed out to irate Uncle James—who would have liked to lock Valancy up somewhere, out of hand—that Valancy had not, as yet, really done or said anything that could be construed as proof of lunacy—and without proof you cannot lock people up in this degenerate age.
"They have to make sure Android doesn't just degenerate into low-end devices and fragmentation," says Al Hilwa, an analyst at IDC, the tech research firm.
We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
Napoleon Hill Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
"It must be some degenerate species," said he; "I do not know it, and it is not mentioned in any system.