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: sexually unchaste or licentious (see licentious sense 1)
lewd behavior
lewdly
adverb
lewdness
noun
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Examples of lewd in a Sentence
He made lewd remarks to the woman at the bar.
bystanders were shocked by the lewd behavior of the couple in the park
Recent Examples on the Web
The suspect had previously been convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 in 2001 in Butte County, and for robbery with great bodily injury in 2002 in Kern County, KCRA reported.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
Chavez was arrested on July 3 and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on a charge of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child, police said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 10 July 2024
In the end, with the help of surveillance video, Rosales was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder with a weapon and single counts of molesting a child and lewd and lascivious exhibitionism.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
The charges, however, can’t be murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape or lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
Chavez was arrested on July 3 and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on a charge of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child, police said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 10 July 2024
In the end, with the help of surveillance video, Rosales was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder with a weapon and single counts of molesting a child and lewd and lascivious exhibitionism.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
The charges, however, can’t be murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape or lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
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“Lewd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lewd. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.
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lewd
adjective
: involving or being sexual conduct that is considered indecent or offensive : licentious
convicted of lewd and lascivious assault upon a child—National Law Journal
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lewdly
adverb
lewdness
noun
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