noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gross indecency (= the crime of doing something that is sexually offensive )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
gross
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They were bailed to appear before Liverpool magistrates next month, when they will face charges of gross indecency .
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The Court of Appeal allowed the appellant's appeal against conviction of committing an act of gross indecency .
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The appellant, Norman Mattison, was charged with committing an act of gross indecency with his co-defendant.
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The co-defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of committing an act of gross indecency with the appellant.
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And today, police confirmed the Bishop had been formally cautioned for an act of gross indecency .
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He was prosecuted, convicted of gross indecency and given a two-year conditional discharge in November 1996.
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After retiring the jury returned with a notice asking whether the co-defendant was charged with gross indecency with the appellant only.
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This act of gross indecency provoked stern disapproval from the tour guide.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Crimes of pecuniary indecency have become standard corporate conduct.
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In 1993, legislators added indecency to the list of convictions for which there is no early release.
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It was an act of indecency to fire artillery pieces at innocent horses!
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The appellant, Norman Mattison, was charged with committing an act of gross indecency with his co-defendant.
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The co-defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of committing an act of gross indecency with the appellant.
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The Court of Appeal allowed the appellant's appeal against conviction of committing an act of gross indecency .
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They were bailed to appear before Liverpool magistrates next month, when they will face charges of gross indecency .
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This would, in Britain, be a test of indecency , not obscenity.