Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.
Historical origin: Derived from the name of a Middle Eastern town, Sodom. Legal usage: One of a list of sexual activities other than penile-vaginal intercourse that is criminalized within a political jurisdiction. Religious conservatives: Some use the term as a synonym for anal intercourse.
A broad legal term which refers to supposedly unnatural acts such as anal intercourse, bestiality, or oral sex, varies according to location.
Originally, penetration of the male organ into the anus of another male; later broadened in English law to include heterosexual anal intercourse and by some U.S. state statutes to cover unconventional sex in general.
(word stemming from Sodome, the city destroyed by God) This term means anal or homosexual penetration. Sodomy is still a crime in Canada when practiced by more than two partners or when practiced in front of other people or in a public place.
Generally, oral or anal sex without consent.
Penetration of the anus by a penis. More frequently called anal sex.
anal intercourse committed by a man with a man or woman
Homosexual or oral copulation.
Also known as anal sex, these is the insertion of the penis into the partner's rectum, and may or not involve coercion.
An ambiguous legal term which, depending on the jurisdiction, which refers to so called "unnatural acts" such as anal intercourse, sexual relations with animals, or oral sex.
Sexual acts deemed unnatural by religious and legal precedents. (RS)
A legal term, usually denoting anal sex or oral sex performed on a man.
oral or anal intercourse involving penetration with male, female, or animal.
often simply refers to anal sex; however, the actual dictionary definition includes anything considered "unnatural or deviate sexual intercourse" which may include everything from oral sex to sex between partners of the same gender
Any sexual act that is not penile-vaginal penetration. Usually refers to oral or anal intercourse, but various legal definitions may include other activities.
Synonymous with buggery and referring to "unnatural" sex acts, including copulation, either between two persons of the same sex or between a person and an animal (the latter act is known as "bestiality"). Most countries outlaw bestiality but homosexual activity is gradually being decriminalized.
Sodomy is a term of biblical origin used to characterize certain sexual acts that have been attributed to citizens of ancient Sodom. The term is most commonly used to describe the specific act of anal sex between two males or a male and a female. The term "sodomy" also may include non-coital sexual acts ranging from oral sex to paraphilia.
