rape
♦ rape /r'eɪp/ (rapes raping raped)
1 [VERB] be V-ed, V n
If someone is raped, they are forced to have sex, usually by violence or threats of violence.
A young woman was brutally raped in her own home...
They'd held him down and raped him.
2 [N-VAR]
Rape is the crime of forcing someone to have sex.
Almost ninety per cent of all rapes and violent assaults went unreported.
3 [N-SING] the N of n
The rape of an area or of a country is the destruction or spoiling of it. (LITERARY)
As a result of the rape of the forests, parts of the country are now short of water.
4
Rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil. (AM; in BRIT, use oilseed rape)
5
see also date rape, gang rape, date rape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Date rape is when a man rapes a woman after having spent the evening socially with her.gang rape (gang rapes gang raping gang raped)
also gang-rape
[VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, also V n
If a woman is gang raped, several men force her to have sex with them.
For five hours, the women were gang-raped.
[N-COUNT]
Gang rape is also a noun.oil|seed rape /'ɔilsiːd r'eɪp/
also oil-seed rape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil. (BRIT; in AM, use rape)statu|tory rape
[N-UNCOUNT]
In the United States, statutory rape is the crime committed by an adult when they have sex with someone who is under the age when they can legally agree to have sex.
1 [VERB] be V-ed, V n
If someone is raped, they are forced to have sex, usually by violence or threats of violence.
A young woman was brutally raped in her own home...
They'd held him down and raped him.
2 [N-VAR]
Rape is the crime of forcing someone to have sex.
Almost ninety per cent of all rapes and violent assaults went unreported.
3 [N-SING] the N of n
The rape of an area or of a country is the destruction or spoiling of it. (LITERARY)
As a result of the rape of the forests, parts of the country are now short of water.
4
Rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil. (AM; in BRIT, use oilseed rape)
5
see also date rape, gang rape, date rape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Date rape is when a man rapes a woman after having spent the evening socially with her.gang rape (gang rapes gang raping gang raped)
also gang-rape
[VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, also V n
If a woman is gang raped, several men force her to have sex with them.
For five hours, the women were gang-raped.
[N-COUNT]
Gang rape is also a noun.oil|seed rape /'ɔilsiːd r'eɪp/
also oil-seed rape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil. (BRIT; in AM, use rape)statu|tory rape
[N-UNCOUNT]
In the United States, statutory rape is the crime committed by an adult when they have sex with someone who is under the age when they can legally agree to have sex.