This page shows Rape in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like assault or violate. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Rape in a sentence
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Rape meaning
- The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on, perpetrated by, or forced to penetrate any being.
- An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.
- Overpowerment; utter defeat.
Synonyms of Rape
Rape in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
After one of the men tries to rape her, she decides to take revenge, killing her attacker with a razor blade.
After the retrial of convicted of two counts of rape, the justice system has continued to process that verdict in due course.
A court hearing for a rape suspect fighting extradition to the US has been postponed on medical grounds.
According to the American authorities, Rossi is an alias used by Alahverdian, who has been charged in connection with rape in Utah.
A fake taxi driver who was looking for young women to rape was stopped after a victim memorised part of his personalised number plate.
He was finally convicted of the sexual assault, attempted rape and rape of the final child in Douglas, Lanarkshire.
A 38-year-old man from Newquay was arrested on suspicion of rape and has been released on bail.
Petty pleaded guilty to the charges, which included forcible sodomy, first-degree rape, and rape by instrumentation.
Rape laws were toughened amid outrage and protests over the horrific gang rape of a medical student in Delhi in 2012.
The rape of Bramber was created later in the 11th century and the rape of Chichester was created in the 13th century.
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network confirms that typically 994 of 1,000 rape perpetrators will walk free.
Franco’s rape trial is due to begin on November 11. He was accused by a nun from a Christian convent in Kerala of rape.
Daniels was arraigned by the Lagos state government over rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault of his church members.
A Gauteng father has been arrested for the rape and murder of his eight-day-old baby girl.
Jurors could not reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape and a retrial will take place.
A case of rape case against him and his accomplice Rajkumar Ahirwar has been registered.
Rape and attempted rape trials have also been far more likely to end in a not proven verdict that trials for other offences.
The recent rise of rape cases has put women in fear and I am afraid for the lives of women and other rape victims in Nigeria.
Police also reported 229 incidents of rape this year, and 315 rape reports for the same period last year.
Among the recorded types of violence that occurred in private spaces are attempted rape, marital rape, forced abortion and incest.
Phrases with rape
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Common combinations with rape
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of rape 65×
- rape and 53×
- the rape 24×
- rape of 21×
- attempted rape 19×
- and rape 14×
- to rape 12×
- rape case 11×
- rape in 10×
- gang rape 10×
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