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rape
noun as in rapine; act of plunder, seizure, etc
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depredation, despoilment, despoliation, pillage, plunder, plundering, rapine, spoliation
noun as in forced sex
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attack, criminal attack, forcible violation, statutory offense
verb as in to assault sexually
Example Sentences
The father, Jean Paul Kruse, was later charged with rape and sexual abuse.
When it comes to the increasing number of rape allegations leveled at Bill Cosby, the smoke is becoming impenetrable.
Dean Todd arranged for me to sit behind a screen and talk about my rape for a group of student leaders and activists.
Another bombshell: There is no statute of limitations on rape in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
It was shocking to find out that the rape by Beebe was actually the last one of the night.
Murder, rape, arson, and a host of other atrocities are often the first evidence of a diseased brain.
He kept his promise, and then, after much entreaty, gave Helvetius a pinch of the powder—about as much as a rape-seed.
Miss Laura cleaned each cage, and gave each bird some mixed rape and canary seed.
In the Eleusinian mysteries the rape of Persephone by Pluto, the winter god, is portrayed.
The rape of the Sabines is another incident suggesting the same conclusion.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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