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indecency

/in-dee-suhn-see/US // ɪnˈdi sən si //UK // (ɪnˈdiːsənsɪ) //

猥亵行为,猥亵,猥亵罪,淫秽

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural in·de·cen·cies for 4.

    • : the quality or condition of being indecent.
    • : impropriety or immodesty.
    • : obscenity or indelicacy.
    • : an indecent act, remark, etc.

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Examples

  • Here, indecency reigns, with residents of these rival neighborhoods tripping over one another to broadcast their racism.

  • Indecency in broadcasting became a major concern, and CBS was fined over half a million dollars.

  • Our shock is not from indecency, but from the absence of self-possession, the ultimate bourgeois possession.

  • Describing this as a “performance” borders on indecency, of course.

  • Watch video of her underage drinking, public indecency, and extortion that warranted time in the slammer.

  • I am of opinion too, that the Indecency of the next Verse, you spill upon me, would admit of an equal Correction.

  • In the first place, one element of public-house talk—the overt or sly indecency—is left out.

  • Acts of indecency had occurred long before they went to the post-primary school.

  • There is seldom, if ever, any grossness in these spontaneous songs of the people—never indecency or double meaning.

  • These Lyrical Pieces, after all, are only a few smooth songs, where wit is sufficiently overbalanced by indecency.

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