sin
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to copulate extramaritally
Literally, to commit a forbidden act but, since St Paul's obsession with that particular wrongdoing, used of any activity which is taboo sexually:
Most dangerous
In that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue. (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure)
Sinful means relating to such copulation, as in sinful commerce, which is not trading in stolen goods To live in sin implies unmarried cohabitsing (of a criminal) to give information to the police
The imagery is from the songbird in a cage, and may relate to your own misdeeds or those of other criminals:
... had him under the lights all fuckin' night... and about nine this morning he starts singin' like Frank Sinatra. (Diehl, 1978)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms.
R. W. Holder.
2014.
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