rapist

NOUN

attacker

Synonyms

STRONG

betrayer debaucher defiler despoiler raper ravisher

WEAK

ravager

Example Sentences

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In December, an 80-year-old retiree spent hours under arrest because Smart Sampa confused him with a rapist.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Ms Peggie was suspended on 3 January 2024 following the Christmas Eve incident, where Dr Upton said Ms Peggie had referenced Isla Bryson, a rapist who is also transgender.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

He added that he was "neither a rapist nor a predator" and lamented that it was his word against the "trial by media and lynching" that he faced.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

“I’m not gonna vote for a rapist, right?” she replies.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

She’d put me in her toy carriage and sing me songs by Cepillin, that scary Mexican clown who looks like a rapist but everyone loves for some reason.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez