raping

Variant of rape

rape definition

rape (rāp)

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
  1. Now Rare the act of seizing and carrying away by force
  2. the plundering or violent destruction (of a city, etc.), as in warfare
  3. any outrageous assault or flagrant violation

Etymology: ME, prob. < the v.

transitive verb raped, raping rap′·ing

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

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

intransitive verb

to commit rape

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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