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bigamy

[big-uh-mee] / ˈbɪg ə mi /
NOUN
polygamy
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Jiaying Chen, 33, admitted to one count of bigamy and one count of obtaining money under false pretenses in a plea agreement filed in Clark County District Court on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The voting ban affects Mississippi residents convicted of specific felonies, including murder, forgery and bigamy.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

Under the Mississippi Constitution, people convicted of 10 specific felonies - including murder, forgery and bigamy - lose the right to vote.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

Eight crimes listed in the 1890 version of the provision - bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement and bigamy - remain as disqualifying offenses today.

From Reuters ● Jun. 30, 2023

He often told her that he was going to tell a policeman and have Sissy arrested for bigamy.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

I asked him—a Scotch marriage, or some of those crooked wed-locks on which they found bigamies and illegitimacies.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu




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