Examples of bigamy in a Sentence
Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
Tosches says Uncle Lee dissuaded them, but couldn't save his nephew from bigamy.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
The Mississippi Constitution strips voting rights from people convicted of 10 felonies, including forgery, arson and bigamy.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
Strong’s Canadian citizenship was confirmed along with the public reveal of his bigamy.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023
Hill was then arrested and faced numerous charges including bigamy, assault causing bodily injury, interference with child custody and continuous trafficking of persons, jail records show.
—Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2022
Over the years, she was accused of or convicted of theft, fraud, burglary and bigamy, according to police reports.
—Joseph Diaz, ABC News, 2 June 2022
An enterprising publisher reissued an account of the 1706 bigamy trial of Robert Fielding, with prints of the interior view and a key of where famous people had sat.
—Catherine Ostler, Town & Country, 24 Feb. 2022
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Word History
Middle English bigamie, from Medieval Latin bigamia, from Latin bi- + Late Latin -gamia -gamy
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Bigamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigamy. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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