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UNLAWFUL CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals
Synonyms:
criminal congress; unlawful carnal knowledge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("unlawful carnal knowledge" is a kind of...):
carnal knowledge; coition; coitus; copulation; intercourse; relation; sex act; sexual congress; sexual intercourse; sexual relation (sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unlawful carnal knowledge"):
extramarital sex; free love (sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another)
incest (sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child))
