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rape

rape
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [reyp]
    • /reɪp/
    • /reɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [reyp]
    • /reɪp/

Definitions of rape word

  • noun rape the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted, used as a filter in making vinegar. 1
  • verb with object rape to commit the crime of rape on (a person). 1
  • verb with object rape to plunder (a place); despoil: The logging operation raped a wide tract of forest without regard for the environmental impact of their harvesting practices. 1
  • verb with object rape to seize, take, or carry off by force. 1
  • verb without object rape to commit rape. 1
  • noun rape forced sex 1

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Origin of rape

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (v.) Middle English rapen < Anglo-French raper < Latin rapere to seize, carry off by force, plunder; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French ra(a)p(e), derivative of raper

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Rape

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rape popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

rape usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for rape

noun rape

  • abduction — the act of taking someone away by force or cunning; kidnapping
  • attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
  • carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
  • felony — an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
  • molestation — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.

verb rape

  • assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
  • bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
  • beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
  • beggaring — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
  • blitzed — inebriated; drunk

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