indecency
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bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, obscenity, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness
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Suspicion, indecent exposure, public indecency: Harvard Road While doing a business check of Copper’s Hawk Winery shortly after midnight Aug. 27, an officer noticed a Warrensville Heights woman, 35, sitting unconventionally in a Volkswagen SUV. — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, "Man can’t resist resisting arrest: Orange Police Blotter," 29 Aug. 2019 A year after it was passed, the Supreme Court declared that the indecency provisions were a violation of First Amendment rights. — Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, "Legal Shield for Websites Rattles Under Onslaught of Hate Speech," 6 Aug. 2019 The indecency charge was a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. — By Lavendrick Smith Dana Branham, Dallas News, "Hillcrest High impostor who groped 14-year-old girl when he was 25 gets probation," 23 July 2019 He is accused of public indecency, endangering the welfare of a minor, interfering with public transportation and indecent exposure. — oregonlive.com, "Portland serial public masturbator sentenced in one case, accused in new case on same day," 10 June 2019 Gross indecency with a child, a mental defective or an unconscious person. — Mary Hui, Quartz, "These are all the crimes Hong Kong is considering extraditing people for under a new law," 7 June 2019 Matthew Tonne of Lewisville was arrested Jan. 9 on charges of indecency with a child stemming from the incident. — Loyd Brumfield, Dallas News, "Woman files $1 million lawsuit against Flower Mound megachurch, alleging neglect in sexual assault case," 27 July 2019 Besthoff appeared in Multnomah Circuit Circuit Court the next day and pleaded guilty to public indecency in the case that occurred last year, court records show. — oregonlive.com, "Portland serial public masturbator sentenced in one case, accused in new case on same day," 10 June 2019 Sidney Gilstrap-Portley was charged with indecency with a child and three counts of tampering with a government record. — By Lavendrick Smith Dana Branham, Dallas News, "Hillcrest High impostor who groped 14-year-old girl when he was 25 gets probation," 23 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'indecency.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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