sod·omy /'sä-də-mē/ n [Anglo-French sodomie sexual intercourse between men, from Old French, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom, from the supposed homosexual practices of the men of the city in Genesis 19:1-11]: the crime of oral or anal sexual contact or penetration between persons or of sexual intercourse between a person and an animal; esp: the crime of forcing another person to perform oral or anal sex
sod·om·ize /'sä-də-ˌmīz/ vt
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.