"crime against nature" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crimes against nature [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|crimes against nature}} crime against nature (plural crimes against nature)
  1. (law) Any of various sexual deviations that, at one time or another, have been considered to be so unnatural as to be illegal. Wikipedia link: crime against nature Categories (topical): Law Translations (crime against nature): luonnonvastainen teko (Finnish), παρά φύσιν έγκλημα (pará fýsin égklima) [neuter] (Greek), peccatum contra naturam (Latin), zbrodnia przeciwko naturze [feminine] (Polish), crimen contra naturaleza (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-crime_against_nature-en-noun-dj5~0ZAg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Greek terms with redundant script codes Topics: law

Inflected forms

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