{
    "term": "bigamy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the crime of marrying somebody when you are still legally married to somebody else",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɪɡəmi/",
                "audio": "bi/bigamy/bigamy__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɪɡəmi/",
                "audio": "bi/bigamy/bigamy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French bigamie, from bigame ‘bigamous’, from late Latin bigamus, from bi- ‘twice’ + Greek -gamos ‘married’."
}