a stupefying or sleep-inducing drug given surreptitiously to a woman so as to render her unable to fend off a sexual assault
date-rape drug
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Noun
(plural date rape drugs)
- A drug with sedative, hypnotic, dissociative, and/or amnesiac effects which is used to assist in the commission of a sexual assault (date rape).
- In particular, the drug flunitrazepam (a "roofie").
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