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Sexual relations between a human being and an animal. At Common Law, bestiality was considered a crime against nature and was punishable by death. Today, it is prohibited by statutes in most states as a form of Sodomy. The penalty for committing the offense is a fine, imprisonment, or both. bestiality n. copulation by a human with an animal, which is a crime in all states as a "crime against nature." (See: crime against nature) bestiality noun animalism, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, bloodthirstiness, brutality, brutishness, cruelty, ferociousness, ferocity, fierceness, grossness, inhumanity, monstrousness, savagery, unnaturalness See also: brutality How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Just a side note - when ``biosolids'' stops my spell check, the term bestialities is shown as an alternative. |
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