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Synonyms for rape

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : reyp
Phonetic Transcription : reɪp

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for rape

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