English-Danish translations for adultery

• hor
  Der skete ikke mændene noget, men pigen blev dømt for hor efter sharialoven. Nothing happened to the men, but the girl was sentenced for adultery under Sharia law.
  Fru formand, Amina Lawal, en analfabetisk 31-årig nigeriansk kvinde, er dømt til døden for forbrydelsen hor. Madam President, Amina Lawal, an illiterate 31-year old Nigerian woman, is preparing to face death for the crime of adultery.
  Menneskeheden har fastlagt alle påbud og forbud i de 10 bud, og det siges her kort: du må ikke slå ihjel, du må ikke bedrive hor. Vi skal formulere det simpelt: Du må ikke diskriminere. Mankind established all of its orders and prohibitions in the Ten Commandments, and they are spelled out there in succinct form: thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery.
• utroskab
  Parlamentet er bekendt med, at en ung nigeriansk kvinde i sidste uge blev dømt til døden for utroskab. The House will be aware that last week in Nigeria a young woman was condemned to death for adultery.
  I Iran anvendes dødsstraffen bl.a. i forbindelse med blasfemi, konvertering, utroskab og prostitution. In Iran the death penalty applies in cases of blasphemy, apostasy, adultery and prostitution, amongst others.
  Hun var blevet anklaget og dømt for utroskab efter islamisk ret, men var i realiteten blevet overfaldet og voldtaget af tre mænd. She was accused and convicted of adultery in breach of Islamic law, but was in fact the victim of rape by three men.

Definition of adultery

• Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery
• Adulteration; corruption

Examples

• She engaged in adultery because her spouse has a low libido, while hers is very high

Related words

• unadulterated
• adulteration
• adulterer
• adulterate
• adulteress
• adulterated
• adulterous
• adulterine
• adulterant