How to Use indecent exposure in a Sentence

indecent exposure

noun
  • If caught, the suspect could face a charge of indecent exposure.
    Y.c. Orozco, Houston Chronicle, 14 June 2018
  • Police were called to the area for a report of indecent exposure.
    Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The man, 51, of Cincinnati, was charged with indecent exposure.
    cleveland, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Winslow has also been found guilty of indecent exposure toward the 58-year-old woman and on one of his two lewd conduct charges.
    Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 10 June 2019
  • He was charged with one count of indecent exposure, which is a misdemeanor.
    Prescotte Stokes Iii, AL.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Proponents of the bill say the sending of unwanted photos and videos should be treated in the same way as the crimes of indecent exposure and flashing.
    Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
  • No matter the outcome of the retrial, the convictions for rape, indecent exposure and a lewd act stand.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2019
  • He also is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and indecent exposure.
    Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 19 June 2021
  • Three years later, he was found guilty of indecent exposure.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The same law also equates making an obscene gesture with the crime of indecent exposure, both punishable with fines up to $250.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • According to the New York Daily News, the charge was later dropped, while the indecent exposure charge was lessened to public lewdness.
    Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
  • For this incident, Winslow has been charged with indecent exposure, a misdemeanor (the other eight charges are all felonies).
    Michael McCann, SI.com, 16 June 2018
  • The 18-year-old Woodbridge man was arrested and charged with indecent exposure.
    Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Crimes not classified as felonies, such as indecent exposure, were down by more than 250 incidents through June compared with the same time last year.
    Washington Post, 13 July 2021
  • Winslow was found guilty in June of rape, indecent exposure and lewd conduct involving two women.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Winslow was found guilty in June 2019 of rape, indecent exposure and lewd conduct involving two women.
    Sarah Moon, CNN, 4 Mar. 2021
  • In 1991, the actor was arrested for indecent exposure while watching a film at an adult movie theater.
    Laura Zornosa, Time, 31 July 2023
  • Breast-feeding: Mothers breast-feeding in public are no longer at risk for an indecent exposure charge (H 448).
    Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 23 Mar. 2018
  • And the jokes that people are making at the expense of the victims of Toobin’s indecent exposure allow the rest of the media to continue to minimize the severity of his actions.
    refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Jurors would also have been told about the indecent exposure conviction, though that woman was not expected to take the stand.
    CBS News, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Winslow was convicted of forcible rape and two misdemeanors — indecent exposure and a lewd act in public — after a trial in June 2019.
    NBC News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Police arrested the man on the warrant and cited him for indecent exposure.
    cleveland, 29 June 2021
  • Police arrested the man, 60, of Bedford, and charged him with indecent exposure.
    cleveland, 16 Oct. 2020
  • He’d been arrested and briefly jailed for trespassing, use of a weapon, harassment, indecent exposure and at least a half-dozen assaults.
    Eli Saslow, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Blake is now facing three charges of indecent exposure/lewdness, which carries a maximum sentence of three years in jail.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 3 July 2019
  • Copeland was charged with indecent exposure and third-degree burglary.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The indecent exposure Robertson was charged with is a misdemeanor.
    Levi Edwards | Ledwards@al.com, al, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The man was also arrested for indecent exposure in April.
    Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
  • He’s also charged with one count of indecent exposure for allegedly urinating in the restaurant drive-thru.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
  • The charge of soliciting prostitution was eventually dropped and the indecent exposure charge was reduced to the lesser offense of public lewdness.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024

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