UNLAWFUL CARNAL KNOWLEDGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals

Synonyms:

criminal congress; unlawful carnal knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("unlawful carnal knowledge" is a kind of...):

carnal knowledge; coition; coitus; copulation; intercourse; relation; sex act; sexual congress; sexual intercourse; sexual relation (sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unlawful carnal knowledge"):

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

incest (sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child))