carnal knowledge

American  

noun

1. Chiefly Law. sexual intercourse.

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carnal knowledge British  

noun

1. sexual intercourse

2. to have sexual intercourse with

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Example Sentences

But same-sex relationships are criminalised by a criminal code which Dr Adjepong calls "completely vague" - introduced by the British when they ruled Ghana - that mentions "unnatural carnal knowledge".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2021

Doll of course denies his earthliness, swears it is carnal knowledge of a fiend she has, and convicts herself of her witchcraft.

From Time Magazine Archive

And though it is asserted that it was in the minds of the Lords Judges to modify this sentence and to add "for pretended carnal knowledge," yet it never was thus modified.

From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous