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sodomy Definition

sod·omy (-mē)

noun

any sexual intercourse held to be abnormal; specif.,

  1. bestiality
  2. anal intercourse, esp. between two male persons

Etymology: ME sodomie < Sodome, Sodom

sodomy Synonyms

sodomy

n.

pederasty, homosexuality, bestiality; see perversion 2.

sodomy Law Definition

n

Anal or oral copulation between two persons, especially when they are of the same sex; oral or anal copulation between a human and a non-human. See also buggery, bestiality and crime.
sodomy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • commit: The former Deputy Prime Minister Minister Anwar Ibrahim was charged and convicted of committing sodomy.

Adjective modifier

  • wanton: And we're open wanton sodomy spotted me at rich for your.
  • attempted: Speculation ranged from incest with his half sister Augusta through pederasty to attempted marital sodomy.
  • consensual: The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces left open whether it would declare private consensual sodomy involving service members unconstitutional in future cases.
  • private: Then, the partially deaf old fellow, with the speech defect, presumed as a result of private school sodomy.

Modifies a noun

  • law: The most controversial was the judgment against the Texas sodomy law.
  • charge: Two other men were convicted on sodomy charges earlier this year and sentenced to one year in prison.
  • statute: The military's sodomy statute applies to both heterosexual and same-sex consensual sodomy.

Noun used with modifier

  • state: CNN reports that the US supreme court is considering the legality of state sodomy laws in a test case.
sodomy Quotes

I go to the theatre to be entertained. I don't want to see plays about rape, sodomyand drug addictionöI can get all that at home.

—Cook, Peter