How to Use bigamy in a Sentence

bigamy

noun
  • He was accused of bigamy.
  • Photos and footage later would be used as evidence in his bigamy trial.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Business bigamy of this sort, to judge from recent news reports, may not be so very uncommon.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Tosches says Uncle Lee dissuaded them, but couldn't save his nephew from bigamy.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
  • In Georgia, a bigamy charge is punishable by up to one to 10 years in prison.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • He's been charged with bigamy and was released the same day on a $4,000 bond, jail records indicate.
    — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 3 May 2018
  • Others accused Jackson of adultery and his wife, Rachel, of bigamy.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2017
  • Brazil, like many countries, outlaws bigamy and polygamy but civil unions between more than two people are not unheard of there.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 24 May 2018
  • Over the years, she was accused of or convicted of theft, fraud, burglary and bigamy, according to police reports.
    — Joseph Diaz, ABC News, 2 June 2022
  • Her proposal to make bigamy an infraction rather than a felony has gathered significant support.
    — Time, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Besides the bigamy charge, he was also slapped with forgery, unsworn falsification to authorities and firearms charges.
    — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Strong’s Canadian citizenship was confirmed along with the public reveal of his bigamy.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The 34-year-old Shaffer also faces child bigamy and other charges in Sanpete County.
    — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 22 May 2018
  • Her proposal to make bigamy an infraction rather than a felony has already gathered significant support from her colleagues.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Three wives in three counties may just be the start for a man facing felony bigamy charges in North Carolina, investigators say.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Police charged Bobby Allen Robinson, 55, of Cornelius, with felony bigamy.
    — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Chen was charged by Clark County prosecutors with bigamy and theft in August 2024.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • Grenier now faces charges of bigamy, falsifying physical evidence and tampering with records, the AP said.
    — Crystal Hill, miamiherald, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson were the subject of poems that leaned into racist tropes and allegations of bigamy.
    — CBS News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson were the subject of poems that leaned into racist tropes and allegations of bigamy.
    — Colleen Long, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to forcing a 25-year-old woman to marry him as well as rape, bigamy and voyeurism.
    — USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
  • New legislation introduced in the Senate would change the offense of bigamy, when two people marry while at least one of them is already legally married, from a felony to an infraction.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Betsey, 50, pleaded guilty to the felony bigamy charge in May, according to ABC Action News.
    — Sean Neumann, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • And yet the bigamy trial of Elizabeth Chudleigh is what preoccupied aristocrats and politicians, along with a good portion of the British populace, at the time.
    — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • As part of the agreement, prosecutors dismissed two counts of violating bail bond conditions, one felony count of bigamy and a second offense of unauthorized practice of massage therapy, court records show.
    — Amelia Arvesen, The Denver Post, 24 May 2017
  • The state bigamy law won’t necessarily bar West Hollywood from registering relationships inside its two-mile-square borders.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Lawmakers in the state House are considering legislation that would reclassify bigamy as an infraction in certain circumstances.
    — Talal Ansari, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Supporters of the law say that reducing the penalty for bigamy removes barriers that previously prevented potential abuse victims from coming forward for fear of prosecution.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 12 May 2020
  • And nothing at all is said about the great embarrassment Luther caused his church by secretly condoning the bigamy of his most powerful protector, Landgrave Philip of Hesse.
    — Carlos Eire, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Hill was then arrested and faced numerous charges including bigamy, assault causing bodily injury, interference with child custody and continuous trafficking of persons, jail records show.
    — Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2022

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