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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : reyp |
| Phonetic Transcription : reɪp |
Definition of rape
Origin :- late 14c., "seize prey; abduct, take by force," from rape (n.) and from Anglo-French raper (Old French rapir) "to seize, abduct," a legal term, probably from past participle of Latin rapere "seize, carry off by force, abduct" (see rapid).
- Latin rapere was used for "sexually violate," but only very rarely; the usual Latin word being stuprare "to defile, ravish, violate," related to stuprum (n.), literally "disgrace." Meaning "to abduct (a woman), ravish;" also "seduce (a man)" is from early 15c. in English. Related: Raped; raping. Uncertain connection to Low German and Dutch rapen in the same sense.
- noun defilement; a forced sexual assault
- noun forced sex
- verb sexual assault by force; act of plunder
- Marriage by rape or by purchase has, however, never been in general usage.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Turnip and rape require at least three pounds of seed to the acre.
- Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
- Up to 10 years the crime is rape and the penalty is death or imprisonment for life.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- Their special offences are assault and battery, rape, theft, and forgery.
- Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
- Or quasi-existence proceeds from rape to the crooning of lullabies.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- Half a line in the Rape of the Lock has made his name immortal.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- After rape, do not they themselves drown the infants in the blood of their mothers?
- Extract from : « The Brass Bell » by Eugne Sue
- Then the husbands thought of theft; the wives, of rape; and all trembled.
- Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
- His failing had been intemperance, and his crime a "got up" case of rape.
- Extract from : « Six Years in the Prisons of England » by A Merchant - Anonymous
- They would gather all the women, rape them, and cut their throats.
- Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
Synonyms for rape
- abduction
- abuse
- assault
- attack
- betray
- compromise
- corrupt
- criminal attack
- deceive
- depredation
- despoil
- despoilment
- despoliation
- force
- forcible violation
- loot
- maltreatment
- molest
- molestation
- pillage
- plunder
- plundering
- ransack
- rapine
- ruin
- sack
- seize
- spoliate
- spoliation
- statutory
- statutory offense
- violate
- violation
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