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
  • As the 126-foot-tall Twin Towers standing guard over Wembley’s entrance drew us and thousands more inexorably forward from the nearby Underground station, a love affair was born that never quite died, no matter how shabby the old place became in its final years.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Did Ed Gein have a love affair with Bernice Worden before killing her?
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 13-track indie folk record explores themes of romance, uncertainty, and life on the road.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Stein said her new book, a literary novel about a TikTok hype house, went into a second printing before it was even published—possibly thanks to the approaches she’s learned from romance.
    Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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    Anja Webb, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Yet Melt, Zardoya’s solo debut as Not for Radio, plays like a love letter to the environment rather than a side quest for solo stardom.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Criminal conversation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20conversation. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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