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   Rape

   /rāp/

   

   noun

   • 1. the crime, typically committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will: "he denied two charges of attempted rape" Similar sexual assaultsexual abusedate rapegang rapeacquaintance rapeinformal:gang bangarchaic:a fate worse than deathravishmentdefilement
   • ▪ the abduction of a woman, especially for the purpose of having sexual intercourse with her: archaic "the Rape of the Sabine Women" Similar abductioncarrying offkidnappingseizurecapture
   • 2. the wanton destruction or spoiling of a place or area: "the rape of the Russian countryside" Similar destructionviolationvandalizingravagingpillagingplunderingraidingdesecrationdefilementmaraudingransackingsackingsackliterary:despoilmentrapinerare:despoliationspoliation

   verb

   • 1. (typically of a man) force (another person) to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will: "the woman was raped at knifepoint" Similar sexually assaultviolateforce oneself onabuse sexuallydate-rapegang-rapeinformal:gang-bangeuphemistic:have one's (evil) way witharchaic:ravishdefiledishonor
   • 2. spoil or destroy (a place): "the timber industry is raping the land" Similar ravageplunderpillageviolatedesecratedefilelay wasteransacksackmaraud overraidliterary:despoilarchaic:spoilreaverare:depredatespoliate

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally denoting violent seizure of property, later carrying off a woman by force): from Anglo-Norman French rap (noun), raper (verb), from Latin rapere ‘seize’.

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