[
UK
/ˌɪndˈiːsənsi/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈdisənsi/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈdisənsi/ ]
NOUN
- the quality of being indecent
- an indecent or improper act
How To Use indecency In A Sentence
- Do your sexual encounters place you in danger of arrest for lewd conduct or public indecency?
- In the light of this provision, we do not accept that H has grounds for contesting the element of indecency in his conviction.
- The appellant, Norman Mattison, was charged with committing an act of gross indecency with his co-defendant.
- Stunned police charged him with public indecency - a crime because he lives near a school. The Sun
- He was jailed for three years last summer after admitting 13 indecency charges. The Sun
- He talks about the need to bring indecency laws that now cover broadcast TV to make sure they cover cable TV as well.
- After which, the next consideration immediately subsequent to the being of a thing, is what agrees or disagrees with that thing; what is suitable or unsuitable to it; and from this springs the notion of decency or indecency; that which becomes or misbecomes, and is the same with honestum et turpe. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I.
- He's charged with maltreating detainees, conspiracy to maltreat detainees, dereliction of duty and indecency.
- Here too, there was a genuine sense of personal offence; the feeling that an act of indecency had been committed. Times, Sunday Times
- The search for a comparison is important because the high court has handled indecency cases differently depending on the medium.