1
b
: sexually unchaste or licentious (see licentious sense 1)
lewd behavior
lewdly
adverb
lewdness
noun
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
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Piker went on to make a series of lewd remarks, using expletives to refer to and address former Governor Cuomo.
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Sirena Bergman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Brian Peck pleaded no contest to a charge of oral copulation with a minor under 16 as well as a charge of performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
In April, Elmer Baca Flores was arrested on three counts of lewd acts with a child, according to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Gregory Allen Kornman, 55, of Nipomo, was charged with 19 felony counts of transmission of child pornography, two felony counts of possession of child pornography and one misdemeanor count of a lewd act in public, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
—Muri Assuncao, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Sirena Bergman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Brian Peck pleaded no contest to a charge of oral copulation with a minor under 16 as well as a charge of performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
In April, Elmer Baca Flores was arrested on three counts of lewd acts with a child, according to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Gregory Allen Kornman, 55, of Nipomo, was charged with 19 felony counts of transmission of child pornography, two felony counts of possession of child pornography and one misdemeanor count of a lewd act in public, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
—Muri Assuncao, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Lewd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lewd. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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Legal Definition
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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