rape
IPA: rˈeɪp
noun
- (now rare) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
- (now archaic) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
- The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
- (obsolete) That which is snatched away.
- (obsolete) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
- (slang, sometimes offensive) Overpowerment; utter defeat.
- (now historical) One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.
- (obsolete) Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.
- Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
- The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
- A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
- (obsolete) Fruit plucked in a bunch.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To seize by force. (Now often with overtones of later senses.)
- (transitive) To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
- (chiefly transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other penetrative sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
- (transitive) To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
- (slang, sometimes offensive) To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce.
- (obsolete, intransitive or reflexive) To make haste; to hasten or hurry.
adverb
- (obsolete) Quickly; hastily.
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Examples of "rape" in Sentences
- But the lion doesn't rape the zebra.
- But the lion does not rape the zebra.
- The myths that help rape to flourish.
- He is the polygamist that raped 3 girls.
- She disliked the rape themes of the book.
- The rioters threatened to rape the police.
- The photos of the rape are then used as blackmail.
- Lastly, the list is biased in the reporting of rape.
- In others, rape is institutionalized as sex trafficking.
- Rape is the forcible violation of the sexual intimacy of another person.
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