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Recent Examples of indecency Consumer legal site ConsumerShield said driving shirtless is a legal gray area as no state bans the practice explicitly, though a person could be cited for violating laws and local ordinances on public indecency. Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025 The spokesperson did not respond to an email from the Statesman about the new indecency bill. Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 14 Feb. 2025 Molina, a gay hairdresser convicted of public indecency during Argentina’s brutal military dictatorship, has been sent to the political wing of a prison and put in the same cell as Valentin Arregui (a solid, if unremarkable Diego Luna), an intense and serious-minded Marxist revolutionary. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025 As an undercover policeman, his job is to loiter near the men’s bathroom at the local shopping mall and seduce passing trade into committing acts of what his superiors would call gross indecency. Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indecency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecency
Noun
  • Eli doesn’t flinch at their graphic vulgarity but smiles warmly and appreciatively, as only John Goodman can smile.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 May 2025
  • His video streams are peppered with expletives, vulgarities and other language that many have disavowed in the name of political correctness.
    Jack Crosbie, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And while producers could appeal the board’s obscenity rulings, most did not.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Skinner’s name was becoming a kind of obscenity in certain pockets of the terraces.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Recognizing when jokes mask disrespect is not about becoming overly cautious or humorless, but about ensuring that laughter contributes to connection, rather than corrosion.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Our child's protest isn't a sign of disrespect or defiance.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Indecency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecency. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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