criminal conversation

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   extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

   “adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce”

   Synonymsadulteryfornication

   Broaderextramarital sex

Questions about criminal conversation

What does criminal conversation mean?

criminal conversation means "extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations".

What is another word for criminal conversation?

Close synonyms include adultery, fornication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.