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
  • Maybe the closest most of us ever get to an absence of loneliness is at the start of a love affair, when both people are hungry to know and be known.
    Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The Percy Jackson star first sparked romance rumors in January 2020 but the couple didn't make their red carpet debut until August 2022 at the Bullet Train premiere.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 26 July 2025
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    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Days of course follows the lives, loves, and conflicts of the Horton, Brady, DiMera, Kiriakis, and Hernandez families and their many friends and colleagues.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 July 2025
  • The Islander entered the Fiji villa on Day 5 as a bombshell and quickly found herself in a love triangle between Ace Greene and Chelley Bissainthe.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 July 2025

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“Criminal conversation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20conversation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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