Criminal Congress (Noun)
Meaning
Forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Criminal congress commonly refers to incest in many jurisdictions and is considered a serious crime.
- The judge sternly lectured the defendant about the consequences of their criminal congress with a minor family member.
- Criminal congress between adult siblings can be particularly challenging to prove and prosecute due to the complexities of consent and familial relationships.
- Throughout history, criminal congress has remained a stubbornly taboo and often deadly serious transgression in many cultures.
- A jury delivered the guilty verdict after weighing the evidence that pointed to the defendant's knowing criminal congress with his younger sibling.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- Sexual Intercourse
- Sexual Relation
- Sex Act
- Coition
- Sexual Congress
- Carnal Knowledge
- Relation
- Copulation
- Coitus