English dictionary
rape
/r/eI/p/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
Source: WordNet 3.0
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the act of despoiling a country in warfare
Synonyms rapineSource: WordNet 3.0
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the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.
Source: webster1913
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The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.
Source: webster1913
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One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
Source: webster1913
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A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds.
Source: webster1913
verb
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force (someone) to have sex against their will
ExamplesThe woman was raped on her way home at night.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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destroy and strip of its possession
ExamplesThe soldiers raped the beautiful country.
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To commit rape upon; to ravish.
Source: webster1913
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To rob; to pillage.
Source: webster1913