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conjugal visit

American  
[kahn-juh-guhl viz-it] / ˈkɑn dʒə gəl ˈvɪz ɪt /

noun

  1. a scheduled visit to a prison inmate by their spouse or partner, in a private setting, particularly for the purpose of sexual intercourse.


Other Word Forms

  • conjugal visitation noun
  • conjugal visitor noun

Example Sentences

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Amador County District Attorney Todd Riebe confirmed that Stephanie Brinson was killed during a conjugal visit.

From Los Angeles Times

The official explanation was that he broke the show’s conjugal visit rule with his husband at the time, but over the years, and especially on his podcasts, Willam has alleged that he wanted off the show and knowingly broke rules to avoid what he described as ill treatment by some of the crew.

From Los Angeles Times

As she recounted in her book, “Solo: A Memoir of Hope,” “My mother, who had moved to Everett, Washington, as a young woman, married my father and became pregnant with me during a conjugal visit while my father was serving a prison sentence in Washington.”

From Washington Post

If, as seems likely, the knife was smuggled in by his partner when she came for a conjugal visit, why was she not properly searched?

From BBC

Berlinger shared there were two women who did not participate in the documentary — his ex-wife Carole Anne Boone and their daughter Rose, who was conceived after an alleged conjugal visit.

From Fox News