fornication

Example Sentences

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Khawar Maneka - a civil servant and son of a well-known politician - filed a complaint alleging "fraudulent marriage and fornication" in November, according to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper.

From BBC

The last in-depth study of the commonality of "fornication" — the loaded term for people who have sex outside of marriage — only documented behavior through 2003.

From Salon

Alito expects women to stoically undergo forced childbirth as penance for the sin of fornication, but when asked to be a little less greedy, he reacts like he just got framed for murder.

From Salon

One section of the school's website said "the Scripture forbids any form of sexual immorality including adultery, fornication, homosexuality".

From BBC

"It means to rule out pornography and polygamy and fornication and adultery and homosexuality."

From Salon