the nameless crime

the nameless crime
   buggery
   A common use when homosexual acts between males were illegal. The charge sheet of an accused would refer to 'the abominable crime of buggery'. Murder and rape earned no such descriptive embellishment.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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