rape
Forms
- Plural
- rapes
- present (v1)
- rape
- past (v2)
- raped
- past participle (v3)
- raped
- present participle
- raping
- 3rd person singular
- rapes
Definitions
1.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 or perpetrated by any being.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:rape.
- Last April the media world exploded in indignation at the rape and beating of a jogger in Central Park.
2.An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.(offensive)
- The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.
3.Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
- After the Industrial Revolution, it was discovered that rape also yields oil suitable for lubrication.
4.The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
1.To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
2.To seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.)
- Dr Ashok's eyes had a tendency to pop whenever he wanted to rape your attention.
- It is six years since my just action to reclaim the armaments raped from here by the Lairds of Dalgetty and Tolly […].
3.To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
- A Princess rap’d transcends a Navy storm'd.
4.To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
- I raped your richest roadstead. I plundered Singapore!
- They come out here in their perky little foreign cars, fifty pounds of American copper in each one, and tell us we're earth-raping monsters.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2692
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish).