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sexual abuse

[sek-shoo-uhl uh-byoos] / ˈsɛk ʃu əl əˈbyus /




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Romero said the organization is reaching out to groups with expertise in helping victims of sexual abuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The IWF uses reports from the public and its own searching to find and remove child sexual abuse material from the internet.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Spanish prosecutors have dropped an investigation into complaints of sexual abuse against the singer Julio Iglesias.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

The woman said she underwent an exam with a nurse, which led to a complaint under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA, a federal law that requires mandatory reporting of alleged sexual abuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

It didn't appear that emotional trauma or abuse was bedizened as sexual abuse in a display to get others to empathize with her tattered past.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)