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incestuous

adjective as in abusive

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If you described Easttown as an incestuous place at the start of “Mare of Easttown,” you may have mixed emotions about how right you were all along.

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Fighting back tears, she accused her father of looking at her “with incestuous eyes”.

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"Monsters" sparked outrage amongst many viewers after its debut for an incestuous subplot.

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However, as the reviews of "Monsters" begin to pour in, some viewers have hit out at its portrayal of Erik and Lyle — namely, its suggestion that the brothers had some sort of incestuous relationship.

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But those local prosecutors can have “politically incestuous” relationships with sheriffs, creating pressure to overlook allegations, said Chris Toth, the former executive director of the National Association of Attorneys General.

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