public indecency
Illegal nude display
Public indecency is a legal term for behavior in public spaces that violates community standards of decency, typically involving exposure of genitals or sexual acts where others can see.
Laws vary by jurisdiction but generally require that the conduct be willful and likely to cause offense or alarm to observers.
He was charged with public indecency for urinating in the park.
The offense is usually a misdemeanor, though repeated violations or acts involving minors may carry harsher penalties.
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- lewd conductSexually offensive behavior
- exhibitionismUrge to expose oneself
- arrestSeize by law
- voyeurismErotic observation without consent
taboo · misdemeanor · drunk and disorderly · open container · disturbing the peace · impulse · park · scandal · social ostracism · shame · thrill-seeking · street · streaking · guilt · compulsion · flashing · morality · plaza
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- misdemeanorsmisdemeanor, petty theft, disorderly conduct, petty larceny, shoplifting
- vice lawssodomy laws, obscenity laws, blue laws, adultery laws, modesty laws
- sex lawsconsent laws, sodomy laws, age of consent, statutory rape, child protection laws
- Victorian crimesburglary, larceny, pickpocketing, robbery, arson
public indecencypublic decency
Acceptable behavior in shared spaces
decorum · propriety · good manners · respectability · seemliness
public indecencypersonal privacy
Control over one's information
behind closed doors · in private · discretion · seclusion · concealment
public, publicly, publics, publication, publications, publish, publisher, publishers, publishing