indecent material

collocation in English

meaningsofindecentandmaterial

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indecent
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdiː.sənt/us
/ɪnˈdiː.sənt/
morally offensive, especially in a ...
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material
noun
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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(Definition ofindecentandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindecent material

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Consumer protection is still limited for sales via internet, and internet can be used to transmitindecentmaterial.
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Thus, the clauses which provide for the shielding of young people fromindecentmaterialare essential.
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I have had letters complaining about the display ofindecentmaterialwhich gives offence and is found objectionable by many people.
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I continue to receive complaints from the public about obscene publications, the display ofindecentmaterial, and trends, particularly towards violence, in the cinema.
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Indecentmaterialthat is offensive is put over on television.
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It sits in judgment on newspapers and is able to fine them, without a hearing, for producingindecentmaterial.
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It reveals how extraordinarily wide the net is cast by "indecentmaterial".
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But this public display ofindecentmaterial, so widespread today, is only the tip of an iceberg.
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There is already legislation penalising the public display ofindecentmaterial.
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The subject is the public display ofindecentmaterialwhich causes grave personal offence to those who do not wish to see it.
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He is less convincing on how it would leave unrestricted the sale ofindecentmaterial.
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The majority do not want to seeindecentmaterial.
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That is all the more reason for pointing out that "indecentmaterial" may well give rise to greater difficulty in litigation.
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There is no doubt that commercial gain is the motivating force for the increasing amounts ofindecentmaterialwhich are on display in public.
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They all involve offences of displayingindecentmaterial.
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Legislation already in force prohibits the publication of obscene articles and the public exhibition ofindecentmaterial.
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Clause 51 concentrates on the more serious obscene material rather than merelyindecentmaterial.
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It is unquestionably true today thatindecentmaterialis available in the society in which we live.
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