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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)

  1. An example of rape is when a man forces a woman to have sex with him even though she does not want to.
  2. 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.

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