fornicated

past tense of fornicate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fornicated
Verb
  • In November 1995, Funston took a 5-year-old boy into some bushes, pulled down his pants and orally copulated him, prosecutors said.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The fans were cheated Sunday out of a chance to see an interesting pitching matchup between Shota Imanaga and Dylan Cease, the former Cubs farmhand and former White Sox pitcher.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • Looking the other way A 2020 study of 840 undergraduate college students found that 32% of them had cheated in some way on an exam.
    Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Not too long ago, artificial intelligence was more or less a science project in which data scientists and developers fooled around with one-off small or test projects.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Eliadis was his company's only salesperson until February; He's been to customers' weddings and slept on their couches.
    Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Sinclaire’s two boys had to move into her bedroom, while Gonzalez and her daughter slept on the bunk bed in what had been the boys’ room.
    Kayla Levy, Curbed, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Pegasus was mated in mid-June to the Stargazer aircraft, which will transport it from the Wallops facility to the Marshall Islands ahead of the launch, NASA said in a press release.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • The power plant is mated to a four-speed manual gearbox.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 15 June 2026
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“Fornicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fornicated. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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