bigamy

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Recent Examples of bigamy Section 241 in Mississippi's state constitution specifies 10 felonies—murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy—for which a conviction will result in a person losing their right to vote. Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022 Tosches says Uncle Lee dissuaded them, but couldn't save his nephew from bigamy. Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022 The Mississippi Constitution strips voting rights from people convicted of 10 felonies, including forgery, arson and bigamy. From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021 Strong’s Canadian citizenship was confirmed along with the public reveal of his bigamy. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bigamy 
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Noun
  • The fundamentalist group, also known as FLDS, split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after Mormons officially abandoned polygamy in 1890.
    Jacques Billeaud and Anita Snow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The following year, the Browns challenged Utah’s criminal polygamy law in what would become Brown v. Buhman.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The team presented arguments for keeping girls in school, highlighting how money marriages hinder community progress.
    Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
  • And research suggests that scholars in academic marriages are no less (but also no more) productive, in terms of publications, than those who are not.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • His son has been married four times and resurrected the long-dead institution of polygyny.
    Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • Seeking Brother Husband's Kenya gets real with a virtual stranger about her domestic arrangement in this Sunday's episode of the TLC polyandry series.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This equally applies to the practice of polyandry.
    Zamira Rahim, CNN, 28 June 2021
Noun
  • Whether adorable, touching, or surprising, these magical moments of matrimony are memories to last a lifetime for the brides and everyone who witnessed them.
    Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • They’re showered with gifts — money toward a honeymoon, a good knife set, a hand drill for DIY home projects — to set them up for a successful start to blissful matrimony.
    Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But he was instead mired in scandal, including mounting debts and lawsuits and backlash from two children born out of wedlock.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024

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“Bigamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigamy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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