CRIMINAL CONVERSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does criminal conversation mean? 

• CRIMINAL CONVERSATION (noun)
  The noun CRIMINAL CONVERSATION has 1 sense:

1. extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

  Familiarity information: CRIMINAL CONVERSATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRIMINAL CONVERSATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

adultery; criminal conversation; fornication

Context example:

adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce

Hypernyms ("criminal conversation" is a kind of...):

extramarital sex; free love (sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another)