buggery

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"infamous den of rum, buggery, the lash, and pirate pickup lines"

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  • Sodomy (buggery) was described as "a sin against nature" and was prohibited as a capital offense along with bestiality from 1533 until 1861, which saw the penalty reduced to 10 years to life in prison. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Oddly enough, buggery is not part of the justice system, and any magistrate who thinks that's what's happening in jail has a moral obligation to ensure that he's not sending anyone to that kind of a prison. —  An Onymous Lefty
  • Acts of buggery are punishable in Jamaica with up to 10 years in jail at hard labour. —  JamaicaObserver.com | Lead Stories
  • Will any or all of Messrs. Narace, Hunt and Parsanal hold a press conference to account for Devika's death and may I remind everyone that the unpunished buggery-death of Akiel Chambers remains a most grievous stain on the fabric of our society. —  TrinidadExpress Today's News
  • And while it is still a conservatism that reveres and defends traditional Western mores, it does not lie awake at night worried that someone, somewhere is practicing buggery or, worse yet, having fun. —  Libertarian Republican
 

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  1. from Old French bougrerie, bogrerie, heresy, from bougre, heretic: see bugger.
 

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/ˈbəgəri/
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