rape

[US]/reɪp/
[UK]/reɪp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. rape; the residue of grapes after pressing; oilseed
vt. rape; plunder, seize
vi. commit rape.
Word Forms
Present Participleraping
Third Person Singularrapes
Pluralrapes
Past Tenseraped
Past Participleraped

Phrases & Collocations

rape oil

rape seed

gang rape

statutory rape

Example Sentences

a rape of justice.

the rape of the Russian countryside.

the Rape of the Sabine Women.

the rape of our forests

seven offences of rape and indecency.

she was raped at knifepoint.

the woman was raped at knifepoint.

The invading troops were guilty of rape and pillage.

Rape and child molestation are terrible crimes that can traumatise their victims for life.

Legal crimes are traditional crimes like theft, dacoity, rape etc.

Main cash crops include cotton, soybeans, peanuts, rape, sesame, ambary hemp, and tea.

Rape and sexual harassment were common, and women would be forced to perform sexual favors to excuse finable violations. 

Though the hands of globin had better polymorphism, the electrophoretogram was so fuzzier that it affected the accuracy of identifying the rape varieties.

Moreover: we also have the necessary explosion-proof electrically operated rapes, decoders, flexure nemas, connecting boxes and so on mating with the black-light night-vision camera.

Waste derived from human activitirs, such as rapeseed placentiform from the extraction of rape oil;fruit faeces from the extraction of fruit juice;chicken excrement from the scall farming of chickens.

It is not ravishment. He seduced her. Why didn't she leave Alec immediately when that “rape” thing happened? According to the book, she left a few days later.

Real-world Examples

Soldiers and others were raping and killing people.

Source: This month VOA Special English

Police believe that she was raped and murdered.

Source: VOA Special June 2016 Collection

Women are being raped out here.

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2022 Collection

A young woman suffered similar treatment, she was also raped.

Source: BBC Listening Collection April 2014

Or did he change when he raped your mother?

Source: American Horror Story Season 1

Some wept as they described how they were raped as girls.

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2019

Those who do not convert face daily rape and even death.

Source: VOA Standard September 2014 Collection

The jury found that Carroll had not proved that she was raped.

Source: VOA Special May 2023 Collection

The judges ruled that they had raped, murdered and robbed ethnic Albanian civilians.

Source: BBC Listening February 2014 Collection

Soham endured repeated rapes and beatings until a month ago when she managed to escape.

Source: VOA Standard February 2015 Collection

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