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adultery

[uh-duhl-tuh-ree] / əˈdʌl tə ri /


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Adultery is already illegal in the country, and other more restrictive measures are in place regionally.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022

Adultery can still be grounds for divorce in India, the verdict said, but a criminal penalty violated women's protection to equal rights under the law.

From Fox News • Sep. 27, 2018

Adultery is equally a betrayal of the children, who unfortunately have far fewer tools to cope with the experience.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

Adultery also figures as a basis for demotions, as a ground for tort liability in cases alleging criminal conversation and alienation of affection, and as a factor in allocating property and custody in divorce cases.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2016

Adultery, perhaps only a mistake during good times, became a crime when the village needed food.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston




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