criminal conversation
adultery. Abbreviation: crim. con.
Origin of criminal conversation
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How to use criminal conversation in a sentence
Whom but Madame Seringat, in criminal conversation with the young officer!
San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams | Charles Paul de KockThere was no room for equivocation; he had been caught in the very act of criminal conversation with the hare-pie.
The House by the Church-Yard | J. Sheridan Le FanuYou ought to have instructed your attorney to bring an action against the hawker for criminal conversation with your wife.
The Jest Book | Mark LemonHonest indifference has no intrigues, no elopements, no disgraceful trials for criminal conversation, no divorces.
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain | William CarletonHis lawyers, however, attempted to prove criminal conversation, in hopes of extorting money from my lover.
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I | Tobias Smollett
British Dictionary definitions for criminal conversation
(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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