bestiality

n., pl. -ties.

1. The quality or condition of being an animal or like an animal.
2. Conduct or an action marked by depravity or brutality.
3. Sexual relations between a human and an animal.

noun

1. Degrading, immoral acts or habits: corruption, depravity, flagitiousness, immorality, perversion, turpitude, vice, villainousness, villainy, wickedness. See clean/dirty.
2. A cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior: barbarity, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, savagery, truculence, truculency. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, kind/cruel.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

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.

Common misspelling(s) of bestiality

• beastiality

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bestialskhed, dyriskhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
beestachtigheid, zoöfilie

Français (French)
n. - bestialité, acte bestial

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bestialität, Brutalität, Sodomie

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κτηνωδία, θηριωδία, κτηνοβασία

Italiano (Italian)
brutalità, bestalità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bestialidade (f), brutalidade (f), relações (f pl) sexuais entre um ser humano e um animal

Русский (Russian)
зверство, скотство

Español (Spanish)
n. - bestialidad, contacto carnal entre persona y animal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bestialitet, råhet, tidelag (jur.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
兽性, 兽行, 人兽性交

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 獸性, 獸行, 人獸性交

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 금수성, 짐승 같은 짓

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 獣性, 獣姦

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) همجيه, وحشيه, علاقه جنسيه مع حيوانات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חייתיות‬

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