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criminal conversation
noun
, Civil Law.
- adultery. : crim. con.
criminal conversation
noun
- (formerly) a common law action brought by a husband by which he claimed damages against an adulterer
- another term for adultery
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Word History and Origins
Origin of criminal conversation1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
Whom but Madame Seringat, in criminal conversation with the young officer!
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There was no room for equivocation; he had been caught in the very act of criminal conversation with the hare-pie.
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You ought to have instructed your attorney to bring an action against the hawker for criminal conversation with your wife.
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Honest indifference has no intrigues, no elopements, no disgraceful trials for criminal conversation, no divorces.
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His lawyers, however, attempted to prove criminal conversation, in hopes of extorting money from my lover.
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