lewd conduct
Obscene public acts
Lewd conduct is behavior of a sexual nature that violates public decency standards—typically exposing genitals, public masturbation, or sexual touching in places where others might witness it.
The term appears mainly in legal contexts, where it covers acts short of intercourse that nonetheless offend community standards: He was arrested for lewd conduct in a park restroom.
- exhibitionismUrge to expose oneself
- indecent exposureUnlawful public nudity
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- sex crimeIllegal sexual act
- lasciviousnessOvert sexual impropriety
indecent act · obscenity · public decency · deviance · moral turpitude · impropriety · molestation · public nudity · immorality · voyeurism · vulgarity · scandalousness · crime · violation · penal code · criminal charges · sexual harassment · sex trafficking
- misdemeanorsmisdemeanor, petty theft, public intoxication, petty larceny, shoplifting
- vice lawssodomy laws, obscenity laws, blue laws, adultery laws, indecency laws
- Sex Crimesrape, sexual assault, molestation, statutory rape, sexual battery
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
lewd conductdecency
Moral appropriateness in behavior
modesty · propriety · sexual restraint · abstinence · chastity