indecent assault
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of indecent assault
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The monologue was Spacey’s first such appearance since he was acquitted of nine counts of sexual assault and indecent assault by a British court in July.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
The case in Dedham, Massachusetts, before Judge Paul McCallum was the first to be filed, with prosecutors in July 2021 charging McCarrick with three counts of indecent assault and battery.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
On Wednesday, the four indecent assault charges, which were all alternative counts, were struck off by the judge, due to a "legal technicality" and not as a result of the prosecution abandoning any allegation.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023
But courts have generally ruled in favor of the prosecution in indecent assault cases in South Korea.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
In the case of common assaults as opposed to indecent assault, the prosecution seems to have been allowable only when the object of a wanton attack was a free person.
From Anabasis by Henry Graham Dakyns
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