live in (mortal) sin

live in (mortal) sin
   (of a couple)
   to live together without being married
   They commit the mortal sin of adultery or of fornication:
    For the first year we lived in sin. (Sanders, 1973)
    But then aren't you living in mortal sin? (N. Mitford, 1945)

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