CRIMINAL CONVERSATION Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

criminal conversation

noun

as in love affair

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Recent Examples of criminal conversation Brenay Kennard, a lifestyle content creator with nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, is at the center of a civil lawsuit that has made national headlines, in which she is accused of criminal conversation and alienation of affection. — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025 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

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Noun

Balenciaga took to the gym for pre-fall; a perfect backdrop to capture our ongoing love affair with technical outerwear.

— Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 10 July 2026
The lithe Pettet then sparkled as Mata Bond, the product of a love affair between Niven’s 007 and the spy Mata Hari, in the Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967).

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026

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The love for the game, competitive drive, and even bat control stuck with him.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The dialectically deft characters in his movies aren’t talking heads but talking bodies, elaborating a world of cultural and rhetorical elegance from the sublimation of lust and the dream of love.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

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