alienation of affection
- a variation of alienation of affections.
Example Sentences
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Cox is being sued for alienation of affection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
Nor should courts tolerate speculative and vexatious actions for criminal conversation and alienation of affection.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2016
Supreme Court has declined to throw out an alienation of affection lawsuit filed by John Daly’s ex-wife against the professional golfer’s fiancée.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2015
I'm sure it wasn't a $9 million affair, but that's the price Anne Lundquist is set to pay Cynthia Shackelford for alienation of affection.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2010
If the cause is continued, this suspicion will corrode and increase; and the result will be, a mutual alienation of affection.
From A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Newcomb, Harvey
