sex act

[ seks-akt ]

/ ˈsɛks ˌækt /

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noun

an act of physical intimacy between two people for sexual pleasure or gratification, usually involving genital, oral, or anal contact.

Usually the sex act . sexual intercourse; coitus.

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Origin of sex act

First recorded in 1880–90

Words nearby sex act

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How to use sex act in a sentence

It makes “trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age” a federal crime.
Sex Trafficking Isn’t What You May Think: 4 Myths Debunked – And 1 Real-World Way To Prevent Sexual Exploitation|LGBTQ-Editor|July 30, 2021|No Straight News
In short, to legally qualify as sex trafficking, a sex act involving an adult must include “force, fraud, and coercion.”
Sex Trafficking Isn’t What You May Think: 4 Myths Debunked – And 1 Real-World Way To Prevent Sexual Exploitation|LGBTQ-Editor|July 30, 2021|No Straight News
The incident happened in October when an 80-year-old man said he awoke to find Jureti “performing a sex act on him in his home,” according to a police statement.
Arlington man charged in sexual assault of hospice patient|Dana Hedgpeth|November 23, 2020|Washington Post
A San Diego Sheriff’s deputy was arrested for alleged molestation and luring a child into a sex act, the Union-Tribune reports.
Morning Report: Local Pension Funds Scraped by in the Pandemic|Voice of San Diego|July 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego

When she refused, he then demanded a male employee follow suit before simulating “an oral sex act with him.”
His Reputation Precedes Him: Dov Charney’s Blacklist|Justin Jones|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And this masochistic sex act, delivered by none other than the princess from Enchanted, is just the tip of the … iceberg.
The Year of Kinky Movie Sex: ‘The Master,’ ‘The Paperboy,’ ‘On the Road,’ & More|Marlow Stern|October 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Nowhere in the article was a sex act mentioned and both Schon and Michaele deny any occurred.
Michaele and Tareq Salahi’s Hellish Divorce|Diane Dimond|January 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
On the tape, he performs a sex act on Monsignor Barbosa, whose face is clearly visible.
Priest Sex-Tape Horror|Dom Phillips|April 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Did you emerge from this project with a favorite insect sex act?
Isabella Does Bug Porn|Will Doig|October 31, 2008|DAILY BEAST
In principle the sole occupation of any creature is to renew, by the sex act, the form wherewith it is clothed.
The Natural Philosophy of Love|Remy de Gourmont
What must be taking place in the female system as a result of the completed sex act?
Married Love|Marie Carmichael Stopes
The word thus called forth by the common labor had two meanings, designating the sex-act as well as the equivalent labor-activity.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud
If the sex-act is evil because it is physical, then it is equally evil to eat or drink.
An Outline of Sexual Morality|Kenneth Ingram
It Changes the sex-act from an incident or a result to a means or a cause.
An Outline of Sexual Morality|Kenneth Ingram

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