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forced marriage

noun as in shotgun wedding

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Forced marriage is commonplace, and was only made a crime in June of this year.

The UN defines forced marriage as a contemporary form of slavery.

Forced marriage is not supported by religion or tradition; if we make excuses, then we sadly become part of the problem.

What this law has given us is the right to choose, so that we may say with conviction that forced marriage is a crime.

Together, we will be launching the first national forced-marriage hotline in the U.S.

But, in any case a forced marriage is no marriage, but it is a very serious felony, as you will discover before you have finished.

From the servants I heard the details of the forced marriage and of Jane's flight.

She had thought of many sorrows in connection with this forced marriage, but this sorrow had never suggested itself as possible.

It meant a political marriage, which means a forced marriage, a union against inclination.

She tells the story of the one-eyed man who appeared at her forced marriage, and of the sword.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to forced marriage, such as: compulsory marriage, forcible wedlock, and shotgun marriage.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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