adultery

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

adul·tery [adultery adulteries] BrE [əˈdʌltəri] NAmE [əˈdʌltəri] noun uncountable
sex between a married person and sb who is not their husband or wife
•He was accused of committing adultery.
Derived Word: ↑adulterous

Word Origin:
late 15th cent.: from the obsolete noun adulter, from Latin adulter ‘adulterer’, replacing an earlier form avoutrie, from Old French avouterie.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  criminal conversation, fornication