criminal conversation

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Recent Examples of criminal conversation Howard sued his wife’s lover for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, according to court records. Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019 North Carolina is one of about a half-dozen states that allow lawsuits accusing a cheating spouse’s lover of alienation of affection and criminal conversation. Emery P. Dalesio, The Seattle Times, 5 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal conversation
Noun
  • Alma also visits her aging parents and tearfully tells them about said great love affair.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
  • His father’s politics had spoiled the earlier love affair, from which the London trip had removed him.
    Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The two celebrity chefs went public with their romance in March.
    Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But Daly still insists romance is a real possibility in this special place.
    Bernadette Keith, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her love for journalism began with taking freelance sports photos for her local newspaper, The Fulton Sun, during high school, and her involvement with multiple school publications.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The universal love is the applause, either heard in person or received from afar, a love reinforced by the sense of an instant, intimate family—a life backstage or in the trailer, far more interesting than the often unhappy family left behind.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Criminal conversation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20conversation. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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