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rape
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sex/rape fiend (=one who commits very unpleasant sex attacks) acquaintance rape commit murder/rape/fraud etc ▪ The couple were accused of committing murder. date rape gang rape oilseed rape statutory rape COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS VERB attempt ▪ Tamar obviously had no knowledge that the man who had attempted to rape her was working on her husband's estate. ▪ In 1971 this offender had been given a ten-year sentence for attempting to rape a 69-year-old woman. ▪ On the present occasion he was convicted of attempting to rape and then murdering an 81-year-old widow. charge ▪ He'd been released on bail by Cheltenham magistrates after being charged with raping a twenty year old woman. convict ▪ On the present occasion he was convicted of attempting to rape and then murdering an 81-year-old widow. ▪ Thompson, 42, was convicted in 1983 of raping and murdering 20-year-old Ginger Fleischli in a Laguna Beach apartment. kidnap ▪ The woman was kidnapped and raped Sept. 5. ▪ You might be kidnapped or raped. try ▪ We have already told of another victim still too frightened to tell police of the day Courtney tried to rape her. ▪ Cabrera, 27, started ripping off her clothes and tried to rape her, she and Hernandez testified later. ▪ He then ordered her back to the living room where he tried to rape her twice without success. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He was accused of raping his ex-girlfriend. ▪ Lula was raped on her way home from work. ▪ The woman was raped and then murdered by her kidnapper. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But Manu does not seem to care about being raped, and puts up no resistance. ▪ It was clear that he meant this literally and also as: to rape a white girl is to rape her father. ▪ Most experts such as Koss focus on factors outside of criminal intent that contribute to date and acquaintance rape. ▪ She had been raped and asphyxiated, police said. ▪ She was dragged into a garden and raped. ▪ Stallions may show a lack of normal courtship behaviour, raping or savaging mares or displaying an inability to mate. II. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE marital ▪ While it could be very difficult to prove that you were raped before your marriage, proving marital rape may be possible. ▪ Two centuries after Hale's pronouncement, Pollock B. unequivocally expressed his support for the marital rape exemption in similar terms. ▪ It is unlikely that their enthusiasm for reporting marital rape would be much greater. ▪ Indeed, Wills J. appeared to query the very existence of a marital rape exemption. ▪ The Committee was not without its own misgivings about non-cohabitation as a prerequisite for prosecution for marital rape. ▪ In the thirteenth century context, liability for marital rape would clearly have been quite inconceivable. ▪ Separation is not always the factor which is chosen to delimit the marital rape exemption. ▪ Wives prepared to report marital rape to the police may well have husbands who fall into this category. NOUN acquaintance ▪ Many questions have been raised about acquaintance rape since the surge of reported cases has been noted across the country. case ▪ Specifically the Heilbron Report did not recommend similar anonymity for defendants in rape cases. ▪ A few cases dominate this reporting, while just over one-half of the rape cases mentioned appeared only in one sample newspaper. ▪ Police, faced with their third major serial rape case in a decade, frankly are baffled. ▪ The Government is considering new laws to counter date rape and to improve the way rape cases are handled. ▪ Even the rape case against him began falling apart when his alleged victim failed to appear in court. ▪ In the summer of 1974 there had been several questions regarding the possibility of anonymity in rape cases. ▪ It's the same with these terrible rape cases. charge ▪ The rape charge was all a setup, the Brigade huffed. ▪ He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on each of the rape charges and four years for each of the indecent assaults. ▪ A week later, Hagans made another court appearance on the rape charge. ▪ Three years ago Anna McGurk was murdered by a man who'd been bailed on a rape charge. ▪ A survey in the 1970s showed that almost one-third of rape charges resulted in conviction of attempted rape. ▪ She will now have to repeat her allegations when the 52-year-old Surrey man is re-tried on two rape charges. date ▪ The Government is considering new laws to counter date rape and to improve the way rape cases are handled. ▪ All freshmen who attend optional orientation sessions receive information on date rape. ▪ She talks about relationships and the dangers of date rape. ▪ Merrill points out that most often rape on college campuses is date rape, but that date rape is rape. ▪ The research on date rape has helped shape prevention programs, but with few results. gang ▪ It follows Operation Orchid, a police investigation into missing boys after a gang rape murder in London. ▪ Often, they said, a captive woman would try to attach herself to one leader to avoid repeated gang rape. law ▪ Traditional rape laws, therefore, also involve some sort of gradation and may well encourage plea-bargaining. ▪ It is also worth reiterating that traditional rape laws frequently give rise to light sentences for lesser offences. trial ▪ This one case took 13 percent of the total coverage of rape trials. ▪ His evidence will be used in a homosexual rape trial. victim ▪ Lawyers do not believe that women jurors are necessarily more likely than men to believe the evidence of alleged rape victims. ▪ Also patron of nurses and rape victims. ▪ The emphasis of the research mainly focused on the press reporting of the rape victim. ▪ Some rape victims might be lucky enough to encounter an emergency room doctor who will prescribe the drugs. ▪ Genuine rape victims should always be encouraged to come forward, so anonymity is important. ▪ They serenaded the rape victim inside, cheering a brother on as if it were a football game. ▪ After the furore over the schoolgirl rape victim, he risks having a controversial but respectable viewpoint mistaken for insensitivity. ▪ She also works with other rape victims, which is helping to lay her own demons to rest. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES attempted murder/suicide/rape etc ▪ All I care about is solving this murder, I mean this attempted murder. ▪ He was acquitted of rape, attempted murder, administering poison with intent and kidnapping. ▪ In summary, therefore, most special aftercare services have had no effect on repetition rates after attempted suicide. ▪ Redmond denied attempted murder but admitted wounding with intent. ▪ Several forces have also seen very sharp rises in attempted murders. ▪ The charges include the murder of Becky and the attempted murder of Katie in April 1991. ▪ The suspects were held Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder, attempted burglary and conspiracy. ▪ We have cured hundreds of people from Chicago, Ill., from gunshot wounds inflicted in attempted murders and robberies. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Rape victims receive special counselling and are treated very sensitively. ▪ a rape victim ▪ A woman's sexual history should not be introduced in a rape trial. ▪ It was not the first time he had been accused of rape. ▪ the rape of the American West ▪ Wilson has been charged with attempted rape. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Also patron of nurses and rape victims. ▪ Cook, who has previous convictions for robbery, pleaded guilty to attempted rape and to unlawful wounding. ▪ From the latter, he derived the proposition that intent is the mens rea of rape and to this he added recklessness. ▪ In the United States, there were more than 150, 000 reported rapes in 1993. ▪ Murders, theft, rape, calumnies, graft - our daily bread. ▪ Only one in 10 rape victims reports the crime to authorities, he noted. ▪ The Government is considering new laws to counter date rape and to improve the way rape cases are handled. ▪ Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery and assault.
rape
I. rape1 /reɪp/ verb [TRANSITIVE] [date : 1300-1400; Language : Latin; Origin : rapere 'to seize'] to force someone to have sex, especially by using violence ⇨ rapist: ▪ She had been raped and stabbed.
II. rape2 noun Sense 1,3: [date : 1400-1500; Origin : ⇨ rape1] Sense 2: [date : 1300-1400; Language : Latin; Origin : rapa] 1. [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE] the crime of forcing someone to have sex, especially by using violence: ▪ Police are investigating a series of violent rapes in the town. ▪ He was arrested and charged with rape. ▪ He always denied that he was guilty of rape. ▪ a rape victim ▪ the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl ▪ He was convicted of attempted rape.
2. [UNCOUNTABLE] (also oilseed rape) a European plant with yellow flowers, grown as animal food and for its oil SYN canola American English
3. the rape of something the unnecessary destruction of something, especially the environment: ▪ companies which profit from the rape of the Earth • • • THESAURUS violent crimes ▪assault noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]the crime of physically attacking someone : ▪ He was arrested for an assault on a policeman. ▪mugging noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]the crime of attacking and robbing someone in a public place : ▪ Muggings usually happen at night. ▪murder noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]the crime of deliberately killing someone : ▪ He is accused of the murder of five women. ▪homicide noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE] especially American English law murder : ▪ Homicide rates are rising fastest amongst 15 to19-year-olds. ▪rape noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]the crime of forcing someone to have sex : ▪ In most cases of rape, the victim knows her attacker.
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