indecency
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It is Douglas who is eventually prosecuted for indecency, goes to prison and dies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Playing some of these songs in public is rude and perhaps illegal indecency.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
The PTC’s power came, in large part, from its ability to flood the FCC with indecency complaints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
He said it was public indecency punishable by Namibian law.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
It seems to have especial reference to decency and indecency.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
“Even those who think themselves inured to the indecencies of modern fiction will find much of ‘The Tin Drum’ excessively nasty.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2015
It is the sad fate of all open-air statues to have to submit to certain indecencies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Journal announced itself horrified by the "cigaret-soaked indecencies" of the naughty '90s, and peddled the theory that tight-laced corsets were responsible for gallstones.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private."
From The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
S: Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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