Wondering how to use Defilement in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as pollution or dirtiness.
Defilement meaning
- The act of defiling.
- The state of being defiled.
- The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
Synonyms of Defilement
Using Defilement
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of defiling. | The state of being defiled. | The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
- Useful related words include: befoulment, pollution, dirtiness, uncleanness.
- In the example corpus, defilement often appears in combinations such as: of defilement, and defilement, defilement of.
Context around Defilement
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Defilement
- In this selection, "defilement" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, child, muhammad, convict and robbery stand out and add context to how "defilement" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include added that defilement is traumatic and aiding a defilement convict to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "defilement" sits close to words such as acrimony, aerosmith and albus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with defilement
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Stakeholders call for urgent attention amid rising cases of defilement. (10 words)
Recently Malawi has experience a sharp rise in rape and defilement case. (12 words)
Seth Kwesi Asare, who is an ex-convict, is being held for defilement. (13 words)
This is a second police officer to lose his job in just less than a month, after another, Sub Inspector, Mark Dyson, 38, was sentenced 1 year imprisonment and suspended for 18 months for aiding a defilement convict to escape from lawful custody. (43 words)
The female media practitioners, who were accompanied by female medical and legal practitioners, police officers and politicians marched on the streets of Blantyre and Lilongwe to show their anger on increased cases of rape and defilement in the country. (39 words)
While delivering her judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt the two-count of defilement and indecent treatment of a child against the convict. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Docket opened, and the suspect is charged with three counts of defilement,” Mr Mweemba said.
On the case of defilement, Muhammad said the suspect, Habu Yusuf (21), was arrested on October 31, for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl.
Stakeholders call for urgent attention amid rising cases of defilement.
This is a second police officer to lose his job in just less than a month, after another, Sub Inspector, Mark Dyson, 38, was sentenced 1 year imprisonment and suspended for 18 months for aiding a defilement convict to escape from lawful custody.
According to records at Maula Prison, we identified 10 suspects who have been detained for three to seven years without trial for offences such as defilement, robbery and assault.
Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgment, held that the prosecution proved the ingredients of defilement against Durojaye, beyond reasonable doubts.
She added that defilement is traumatic and often associated with psycho-social problems in children.
While delivering her judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt the two-count of defilement and indecent treatment of a child against the convict.
Although ethnic Armenian forces tried to keep outsiders away from Aghdam, some camera-bearing visitors slipped in and their photos of the mosque’s defilement outraged Azerbaijanis.
As God’s ministers they had to keep themselves pure and avoid any form of defilement.
Baah last Friday, pleaded guilty to charges of defilement and incest and prayed the court for mitigation.
He was accompanied by Rangwe MP Lilian Gogo, who expressed concern over rise in cases of defilement, which contribute to teenage pregnancies.
In an interview today, Serowe police station commander, Superintendent Poloko Oteng, said rape and defilement cases might not be new in the country, but their manner and frequency were worrisome.
Our experience has been that Malawian gender activists talk and act when gender-based violence, including rape and defilement, affects women and girls.
Recently Malawi has experience a sharp rise in rape and defilement case.
Seth Kwesi Asare, who is an ex-convict, is being held for defilement.
She said a docket has been opened and the suspect is in police custody charged him with defilement.
The female media practitioners, who were accompanied by female medical and legal practitioners, police officers and politicians marched on the streets of Blantyre and Lilongwe to show their anger on increased cases of rape and defilement in the country.
The group said over seventy cases of child defilement and against women was recorded in 2019.
The other trend in cases of defilement and rape against women and girls is to apportion blame to the victims’ parents or guardians for putting the victim in risky situations.
Common combinations with defilement
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of defilement 15×
- and defilement 8×
- defilement of 4×
- defilement and 4×
- with defilement 4×
- for defilement 3×
- race defilement 3×
- defilement is 2×
- defilement cases 2×
- defilement in 2×