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To rape is to force someone to engage in sexual intercourse against their will or to pillage and destroy something.

(verb)

An example of rape is when a man forces a woman to have sex with him even though she does not want to.
An example of rape is when the construction of a housing development destroys an entire forest and area of land.

Rape is the crime of forcing someone to engage in sexual intercourse against their will.

(noun)

An example of rape is the charge brought against a man who forced a woman to have sex with him when she did not want to.

See rape in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. the crime of engaging in sexual acts, esp. involving penetration of the vagina or anus, usually forcibly, with a person who has not consented; specif., this crime committed by a man upon a woman or girl
2. statutory rape
Now Rare the act of seizing and carrying away by force
the plundering or violent destruction (of a city, etc.), as in warfare
any outrageous assault or flagrant violation

Origin: ME, prob. < the v.

transitive verb raped, raping

Now Rare to seize and carry away by force
to commit rape on; violate
to plunder or destroy

Origin: ME rapen < L rapere, to seize < IE base *rep-, to seize > ON refsa, to punish, OE repsan, to reprove

intransitive verb

to commit rape

noun

an annual Old World plant (Brassica napus) of the crucifer family, whose seeds yield an oil and whose leaves are used for fodder

Origin: ME < L rapa, rapum, turnip < IE base *rap- > Ger rübe, beet, Gr rhapys, rhaphys

noun

the crushed pulp of grapes after the juice has been extracted

Origin: Fr râpe < ML raspa, ult. < or akin to OHG raspon, to scrape together: see rasp

See rape in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse.
The act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction.
Abusive or improper treatment; violation: a rape of justice.

transitive verb raped raped, rap·ing, rapes

To force (another person) to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse; commit rape on.
To seize and carry off by force.
To plunder or pillage.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from rapen, to rape

Origin: , from Old French raper, to abduct

Origin: , from Latin rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

rapˈer noun

noun

A European plant (Brassica napus) of the mustard family, cultivated as fodder and for its seed that yields a valuable oil. Also called colza, oil-seed rape.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin rāpa

Origin: , pl. of rāpum, turnip

noun

The refuse of grapes left after the extraction of the juice in winemaking.

Origin:

Origin: French râpe, grape stalk

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from rasper, to scrape; see rasp

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