crime against nature

American  

noun

1. Law. sodomy.

2. any act considered to be against the laws or designs of nature or one's religious teachings.

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Etymology

Origin of crime against nature

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

"This is a crime against nature," said one campaigner.

From BBC

Minnie Bruce Pratt, a feminist poet and essayist whose collection “Crime Against Nature,” which mapped her despair, anger and resilience after losing custody of her children when she came out as a lesbian, earned one of poetry’s highest honors and made her a target of hard-right conservatives, died on July 2 near her home in Syracuse, N.Y.

From New York Times

To Stevens, that had been a crime against nature, deeply wrong and unforgivable.

From New York Times

Is treating every defeat as some sort of crime against nature likely to foster the sort of environment that allows a team to be built smartly and sensibly?

From New York Times

The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office said in a news release that Judge David Ritchie recently sentenced him to consecutive 50-year terms for sexual battery and an aggravated crime against nature.

From Washington Times