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Rape   /reɪp/   Listen
Rape

noun
1.
Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop.  Synonyms: Brassica napus, colza.
2.
The act of despoiling a country in warfare.  Synonym: rapine.
3.
The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will.  Synonyms: assault, ravishment, violation.
verb
1.
Force (someone) to have sex against their will.  Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, ravish, violate.
2.
Destroy and strip of its possession.  Synonyms: despoil, plunder, spoil, violate.



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"Rape" Quotes from Famous Books



... published The Rape of the Lock, which Addison justly praised as 'a delicious little thing.' At the same time he advised the poet not to attempt improving it, which he proposed to do, and Pope most unreasonably attributed this advice to jealousy. In 1714 the delightful poem appeared in its present form ...
— The Age of Pope - (1700-1744) • John Dennis

... charges Mr. Bowles with "suggesting" that Pope "attempted" to commit "a rape" upon Lady M. Wortley Montague. There are two reasons why this could not be true. The first is, that like the chaste Letitia's prevention of the intended ravishment by Fireblood (in Jonathan Wild), it might have been impeded by a timely compliance. The second is, that however ...
— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) - With his Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore

... may be planted in vineyards as clover, vetch, oats, barley, cow-horn turnip, rape, rye and buckwheat. Combinations of these usually make the seed too costly or the trouble of sowing too great. Yet some combinations of a leguminous and non-leguminous crop would seem to make the best green crop for the grape. Thus, a bushel of oats ...
— Manual of American Grape-Growing • U. P. Hedrick

... Concubinage, rape, and incest, were not regarded at all, unless committed by a timagua on the person of a woman chief. It was a quite ordinary practice for a married man to have lived a long time in concubinage with the sister of his wife. Even before having ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XVI, 1609 • H.E. Blair

... understanding has attained to maturity, not only the other vices are found to have grown strong, but there are joined to them now sexual desire and unclean passion, gluttony, gambling, strife, rape, murder, theft, and what not? And as the parents had to apply the rod, so now the government must needs use prison and chains in order ...
— Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II - Luther on Sin and the Flood • Martin Luther


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