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Definition: Rape |
RapeNoun1. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop. 2. The act of despoiling a country in warfare. 3. The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will. Verb1. Assault sexually; force to have sex. 2. Destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rape" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Computing | Rape vt. 1. To screw someone or something, violently; in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably. Often used in describing file-system damage. "So-and-so was running a program that did absolute disk I/O and ended up raping the master directory." 2. To strip a piece of hardware for parts. 3. [CMU/Pitt] To mass-copy files from an anonymous ftp site. "Last night I raped Simtel's dskutl directory.". Source: Jargon File. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that rape has been committed among your acquaintances, denotes that you will be shocked at the distress of some of your friends. For a young woman to dream that she has been the victim of rape, foretells that she will have troubles, which will wound her pride, and her lover will be estranged. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | A plant, Brassica napus, grown as food for livestock and for its seeds, from which oil is made. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Unlawful sexual intercourse without consent of the victim. (references) |
Literature | Rape (1 syl.). The division of a county. Sussex is divided into six rapes, each of which has its river, forest, and castle. Herepp is Norwegian for a parish district, and rape in Doomsday Book is used for a district under military jurisdiction. (Icelandic hreppr, a district.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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For the domesticated crop plant called "rape", see rapeseed.For responding to rape as a medical emergency, see sexual assault.
Rape is a serious sexual assault that is regarded by many as one of the most serious crimes. The technical definition of rape includes any serious and destructive assault against a person or people, but in contemporary English the term is overwhelmingly associated with sexual assault.
Definition
In criminal law, the term refers to a sexual assault in which an offender forces an unconsenting victim to engage in sexual acts, primarily sexual intercourse. Some jurisdictions use terms such as "sexual assault" or "sexual battery". Some define rape as sexual assault with penetration. Rape can also refer to sexual acts with a consenting person that the law defines as too young to legally consent; this is statutory rape. Colloquially, the term "date rape" or "acquaintance rape" is used to refer to rape which occur between individuals which are dating or are acquaintances. Date rape drugs like flunitrazepam or GHB are sometimes used. "The Uniform Crime Reports use "forcible rape" to refer only to rapes against females, by males. Laws defining rape and associated issues, such as the "age of consent", vary greatly between different governments.
Punishment
Rape is considered a loathsome crime in most cultures, and is sometimes severely punished by the law. Castration has been used as a punishment for habitual offenders in some countries. There is a small number of countries where rape has and still is considered to be tolerable or even honorable and encouraged. Also in some cultures, a female victim of rape can be punished as a criminal sex offender, even when it is acknowledged that sexual intercourse was forced on her. Social attitudes toward rape and appropriate punishment are a subject of serious ongoing debate in some Western cultures.According to RAINN statistics, only about 6% of rapists — 1 out of 16 — will ever spend a day in jail for their crime. 15 out of 16 will walk free.
Probability statistics compiled by NCPA from US Department of Justice statistics.
Effects
As a form of violent assault, rape can be very serious, and many sexual assaults end with the death of the victim. Rape can also result in serious physical injury, as well as in pregnancy, and the contraction of sexually transmitted diseases. The most common effects of rape on victims are psychological, including depression, paranoia, and a myriad of other effects associated with psychological trauma. The psychological trauma is cited as one of the reasons that rape is usually not reported to the authorities.In Western countries, forcible rape is considered a medical emergency. Medical and law enforcement professionals strongly recommend that a victim call for help to report this criminal act and medical emergency. Physical injuries such as gynecologic hemorrhage may have resulted. Additionally, emergency contraception and preventative treatment against sexually transmitted diseases may be required. Emergency medical technicians and doctors are trained in how to help rape victims. It may also possible to collect evidence such as DNA samples which can help in criminal prosecution of the assailant.
Because of the sexual nature of rape crimes, victims often suffer serious psychological trauma. This is especially true in societies with strong sexual customs and taboos. For example, a woman (and especially a virgin) who is raped may be deemed "damaged" by society: She may suffer isolation, may be prohibited to marry, or may even be divorced if she was married. She may also feel "dirty" or as if the crime was her fault.
The process to denounce and eventually convict an offender is often hindered by similar psychological effects. Victims frequently feel shame when describing what has happened (especially if a female victim must report the incident to a male law officer). Also, the intimate questions and medical examinations required for prosecution can make the victim uncomfortable. In societies that do not acknowledge women as full citizens, this process is even more difficult for female victims.
Underreporting
In 2001, only 39% of rapes and sexual assaults in the United States were reported to law enforcement officials — about one in every three, according to the 1999 National Crime Victimization Survey. The most common reasons given by victims for not reporting rapes are the belief that it is a private or personal matter and that they fear reprisal from the assailant.There are several ideas to help alleviate the psychological harm and to encourage higher reportage of rape crimes. One is to have female police officers deal with rape cases. A second is preservation of the victim's privacy during the legal process. Another is special hotlines that may be called to receive advice and psychological first aid.
In the US, one of the most prominent hotlines for rape victims is operated by the organizaton RAINN, or The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. RAINN is the only completely toll-free, completely-confidential 24-hour hotline in America. Their phone number is 1-800-656-HOPE.
Custodial (Prison) Rape
Research carried out by Cindy Struckman-Johnson and David Struckman-Johnson of the University of South Dakota has found that 22%-25% of male prisoners in the United States have been the victim of sexual assault, 10% have been the victim of rape, and 6% have been the victim of gang rape. Women prisoners are especially vulnerable to assault by guards and other staff members, and the incidence in the United States has been denounced by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Male-on-male rape in western cultures is believed to occur primarily in coercive institutional settings, chiefly prisons and detention facilities. Rates in non-western cultures are not available.
Prisoner Rape: Law, Policy and Science
Statutory Rape
Statutory rape is the crime of sexual intercourse with someone under the age of consent. This term is primarily used in the United States. It is so named because it is considered to be rape under a specific statute rather than under the principles of criminal common law because the consent of the minor is irrelevant as the state has an interest in protecting minor children. Some states make exceptions to statutory rape laws when the perpetrator is also young, or if he marries the minor before being convicted of the crime.
Acquaintance rape
There is no legal distinction between rape by a stranger and rape which takes place between acquaintances, friends or lovers. There is more difficulty in securing conviction against a known assailant, but once established the crime is treated the same way.Socially, the issue of acquaintance rape (also known as "date rape") is very contentious. Evidence suggests that a rape victim is far more likely to know their assailant than not. [1]
There is considerable debate as to what constitutes proper and complete consent in a sexual relationship. How explicit consent should be, how frequently it needs to be established, and what constitutes diminished capacity (usually due to drugs or alcohol) are all subjects of some disagreement. These debates take place both on moral and ethical grounds, and as a legal issue, since rape can only be convicted as a crime with intent, and the erroneous belief of consent is a common defense.
"Rape" among other animal species
It is difficult to determine to what extent the idea of rape can be extended to intercourse in other animal species, as the defining attribute of rape in humans is the lack of informed consent, which is difficult to determine in other animals.However, it is clear that sometimes an animal is sexually approached by another animal and penetrated while it is clear that it does not want it, e.g. it tries to run away. This has led to some people describing forcible penetration in animals as "natural" behavior, with the connotation that rape in humans is also "natural". This is the subject of considerable controversy.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rape."
Synonyms: RapeSynonyms: assault (n), colza (n), rapine (n), ravishment (n), sexual assault (n), violation (n), despoil (v), dishonor (v), dishonour (v), outrage (v), plunder (v), ravish (v), violate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Impurity | Seduction; defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape; incest. |
Oil | Noun: oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite, amole, Barbados tar; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate |
Stealing | Spoliation, plunder, pillage; sack, sackage; rapine, brigandage, foray, razzia, rape, depredation, raid; blackmail. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rape |
| English words defined with "rape": Age of consent ♦ Broom rape ♦ Coleseed ♦ date rape ♦ gang-rape ♦ Leda ♦ morning-after pill ♦ rape conviction, Rape root, rape suspect, Rapeful, rapeseed, Renne ♦ sensitively, Stupration, sweet oil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rape": Berenice, Bio-diesel ♦ forcible indecency ♦ Gnomes ♦ Limbus of the Moon ♦ Neck-verse ♦ post-traumatic stress disorder ♦ relay rape ♦ Sacripant, Snakeraper, Sylphs ♦ Water-gall. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "rape": Stupration. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Rape" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (snuff). |
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Screenplays | Do you, like, anally rape my mother while pouring sugar in my gas tank (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) Rape, murder, arson, and rape (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks) Howie Gluckstein; break and enter, gross indecency, attempted murder, sexual assault with attempt to rape Do you think they'll put me away for this (Recruits; writing credit: B.K. Roderick; Charlie Wiener) Just pull up a chair while you rape me (Heist; writing credit: David Mamet) I don't want to go to jail because there are robbers and rapers and rapers who rape robbers (Superman III; writing credit: David Newman; Leslie Newman) | |
Lyrics | Me and my sister ran away so my daddy couldn't rape us, (What Would You Do; performing artist: City High) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rape Squad (1974) A Case of Rape (1974) Cry Rape (1973) Rape (1969) The Rape of Czechoslovakia (1939) | |
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 | PPP calls week of protest on rape of democracy in Guyana, July 10-16, 1979 : don't let it happen again!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rape Vietnam. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Poppies & rape" by Uschi Hering Commentary: "Again an unforgettable day." | "Rape seed fields" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Rape Field at Roseberry Topping." |
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of the rape of the Sabine Women - or rather woman, or rather Alfred -Get your skirt on Alfred |
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Health | Information and educational materials on Rohypnol and GHB directed toward college students are available from the Rape Treatment Center at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center at 1-800-END-RAPE (1-800-363-7273). These materials are also being distributed by the U.S. Department of Justice to law enforcement agencies throughout the country. (references) | |
Business | The legislation expanded the crime of rape to include spousal rape, involving married or common law couples. (references) | |
Until now, such a clearance has not been given, although approval is pending for 21 genetically modified plants (7 sugar beet, 9 rape seeds, 5 corn). (references) | ||
Children | Pakistan | Incidents of rape are common. (references) |
Kenya | Child rape and molestation continued. (references) | |
Malaysia | Statutory rape occurs and is prosecuted. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Tanzania | There also were reports of some instances of rape and looting by police. (references) |
Mexico | The most common complaints by migrants included assault, rape, and extortion. (references) | |
Rwanda | Abuses reportedly took the form of attacks on missions, killings of priests, the rape of nuns, and the burning of churches. (references) | |
Economic History | Burma | In ethnic minority areas, there were continuing reports of extrajudicial killings, rape and disappearances. (references) |
Pakistan | Imports consist largely of rape seed/canola seed from the European Union and Australia and sunflower seeds from Ukraine. (references) | |
Uganda | The LRA seeks to overthrow the Uganda Government and has inflicted brutal violence on the population in northern Uganda, including rape, kidnapping, torture, and murder. (references) | |
Human Rights | Lesotho | Rape in prison reportedly is not a problem. (references) |
Bangladesh | Police sometimes rape women who are not in custody. (references) | |
Thailand | The rape case against him was being tried at year's end. (references) | |
Minorities | Bangladesh | Other actions included the rape, torture, murder, and looting of Hindus, forcing them to flee their villages. (references) |
Solomon Islands | Civilians have been the victims of abuses by both sides; such abuses reportedly included abductions, torture, rape, forced resettlement, looting, and the burning of homes. (references) | |
Pakistan | Initially police officials urged the girls to report that they were robbed, not raped; however, when the Christian Liberation Front complained to government officials, the officials immediately registered the cases as rape cases, arrested three suspects, and promised to investigate police behavior. (references) | |
Political Economy | Madagascar | In some prisons, women experienced physical abuse, including rape. (references) |
Sudan | Abductees are subjected to torture and rape, and at times, are killed. (references) | |
Tanzania | Women and girls in refugee camps suffered a high level of rape and abuse. (references) | |
Political Rights | Bangladesh | In the first 25 days of October, 266 murders and 213 rape cases related to post-election violence were recorded around the country. (references) |
Travel | Ecuador | Bus passengers are often targets of crime, including robbery and rape. (references) |
Women | Belarus | Rape was a problem. (references) |
Worker Rights | Macedonia | Victims are subject to violence, including rape and assault, and intimidation. (references) |
Haiti | Host family members rape about 23 percent of these girls, 15 percent of whom become pregnant. (references) | |
Macedonia | At least three traffickers were convicted on rape, kidnaping, or illegal border crossing charges during the year. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Remember the skeletal prisoners, the mass graves, the campaign to rape and torture, the endless lines of refugees, the threat of a spreading war. |
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| "Rape" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.42% of the time. "Rape" is used about 1,708 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.42% | 1,527 | 5,354 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 7.54% | 129 | 28,132 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.22% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.64% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (common) | 0.18% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,708 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "rape" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Rape | Last name | 1,000 | 16,393 |
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Expressions using "rape": Broom rape ♦ date rape ♦ gang rape ♦ rape cake ♦ rape conviction ♦ rape crisis center ♦ rape oil ♦ rape root ♦ rape seed ♦ rape suspect ♦ rape wine ♦ relay rape ♦ statutory rape ♦ summer rape ♦ To rape and ren ♦ wild rape. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "rape": rape-alarm, rape-crisis, rape-like, rape-seed. | |
Ending with "rape": marital-rape. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rape"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rrëmbim (abduction, aggravation, derogation, despoilment, despoliation, grab, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitation, rapine, ravishment, theft), rrëmbej (collar, denude, deplume, derogate, despoil, extort, flick out, grab, hijack, jump, ravish, reave, reive, whip, whip up, wrest), përdhunoj (assault, deflower, ravish, violate), përdhunim (ravishment, violation, violence), musht (cider, must), dhunoj (contravene, infringe, invade, outrage, violate), dhunim (violation), bërsi rrushi. (various references) | |
Arabic | هتك العرض (degradation, disgracing, ravishment), سلب (bereave, depredation, desiccation, despoil, dispossess, dispossession, divest, evisceration, flay, fleece, harrow, loot, looting, maraud, milk, pillage, piracy, plunder, plundering, raid, ransack, rapine, ravish, ravishment, rejoice, riffle, rifle, rob, robbery, sack, skin, spoil, spoliation, steal, stick up, strip), اللفت نبات, إغتصاب بالإكراه, إغتصاب بالإغراء, إغتصاب (conversion, exaction, extortion, kidnapping, ravishment, violation), إغتصب (assault, assume, commandeer, convert, exact, extort, force, wring), ثفل العنب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рапица (coleseed, colza), грубо вмешателство, грубо нарушение, гроздови джибри, отвличане (abduction, abstraction, distraction, hijack, kidnapping, ravishment, revulsion, snatch), зеле (borecole, cabbage, kale), похищение (abduction, invasion, kidnapping, outrage, ravishment), похитявам (abduct, kidnap, outrage, ravish), изнасилване (assault, defloration, forcing, outrage, ravishment, violation), изнасилвам (abuse, assault, deflower, do violence to, ravish, violate). (various references) | |
Chinese | 强奸 (raped), 強姦 . (various references) | |
Czech | znásilnit (outrage, ravish, violate), znásilnìní (violation), řepka (colza), únos (abduction, hijack, hijacking, kidnapping). (various references) | |
Danish | raps (cole, colza, swede rape), voldtægt (violation). (various references) | |
Dutch | violatio (violation), violatie (violation), verkrachting (deceitful enticement with intention to injure interests protected by law or to wrong s.o., violation), stuprum (violation), koolzaad (turnip). (various references) | |
Farsi | هتک ناموس کردن , تجاوزبناموس کردن , بزوربردن یاگرفتن . (various references) | |
Finnish | rapsi (cole, colza). (various references) | |
French | viol, colza (low erucic acid rapeseed oil, swede rape). (various references) | |
German | Vergewaltigung (murder, mutilation, violation), Raub (abduction, booty, deprivation, loot, plunder, predation, prey, raid, robbery, snatch, spoils), Raps (rape-seed), Notzucht (violation). (various references) | |
Greek | κράμβη ελαιώδης (cole, colza), κράμβη (cabbage), γογγύλι (turnip), γογγύλη, βιάζω (compel, force, ravish, strain, violate), βιασμόσ (ravishment), βιασμός (erratic samples), αρπάζω (catch, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, nab, poach, ravish, rifle, scrounge, seize, snap, snatch, spoil, tear from), απάγω (abduct, carry off, kidnap, ravish, whisk), διακορεύω (deflower). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אניסה (compulsion, violation), אנוס (compelled, compulsion, forced, ravished), אנס (compulsion, duress, violation, violence), גפת (olive waste). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elrablás (ravishment), törköly, repce (colza), nemi erőszak (abuse, violation), megerőszakolás (ravishment). (various references) | |
Indonesian | perkosaan (outrage), merogol, memperogol, memperkosa (deflower). (various references) | |
Italian | violenza carnale (attack), colza (cole, colza, swede rape). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 貞操蹂躪 (violation of chastity), 突っ込み (penetration, straight man), レーニン主義 (beggar, homeless, label, labor union, lane, layer, layered cut, layered look, layman, layoff, layout, layout-system, lecture, leg guards, leggings, Leghorn, lei, Leninism, leopon, leotard, lexicon, philosophy of life, racialism, racism, rail, rain, rainbow fish, raincoat, rainy, raise, range, ranger, rapier, rare, rare metal, ray, Ray-Ban, rayonne, ray-tracing, record, recorder, recording, recreation, regatta, reggae, regular, regular chain store, regular member, regulation, Regulus, requiem), 油菜 , 手込め , 手籠め , 強姦罪 (criminal assault), 強姦 (violation), 凌辱 (disgrace, insult). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | レイプ , つっこみ (penetration, straight man), ごうかんざい (criminal assault), ごうかん (-building number, enjoying pleasure together, violation), りょうじょく (assault, disgrace, insult), あぶらな, ていそうじゅうりん (violation of chastity), てごめ. (various references) | |
Korean | 강간. (various references) | |
Manx | spooilley (booty, capture, despoil, despoliation, loot, pillage, plunder, plundering, prey, ravage, ravaging, rob, sack, spoil, undo as scheme), reap (field cabbage), eginaghey (oblige), egin (compulsion, constraint, duress, emergency, necessity, stress), ben egin. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aperay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | colza (cole, colza, swede rape). (various references) | |
Romanian | rapt, rapiţã (colza), rãpire (abduction, booty, rapture, ravishing, ravishment), rãpi (abduct, kidnap, lay open, ravish, Rob, spirit, steal), violare (infraction, infringement, invasion, violation), viola (assault, break, force, infringe, infringe on, infringe upon, outrage, ravish, violate), viol (assault, violation), siluire (violation), silui (abuse, force, outrage, violate), necinsti (blemish, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, ravish, shame, violate), nap de câmp, batjocori (abuse, bemock, deride, disdain, flout, satirize, scoff, scorn, shame, taunt, violate). (various references) | |
Russian | рапс (colza), насиловать насилие (raping), насиловать (outrage, raped, ravish, violate), похищение (abduction, kidnapping, rapine, rapture, ravishment), похищать (abduct, carry off, kidnap, reave, reive), изнасиловать (assault, ravish), изнасилование (assault, ravishment). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | repica, silovati (outrage, ravish, violate), silovanje (outrage), komina (husk, shuck). (various references) | |
Spanish | violar (abuse, breach, break, leak, ravish, tear, tear up, throw over, violate), violación (breach, infringement, ravishment, trespass, violation), colza (colza). (various references) | |
Swedish | våldta (force, violate). (various references) | |
Thai | ช่วงชิง (ravish), การทำลาย (assassination, assault, rack), การข่มขืน (assault), ข่มขืน (gang-rape). (various references) | |
Turkish | zorla almak (exact, extort, grab, reave, Rob, snatch, squeeze, usurp, wrench, wrench smth. away from smb., wrench smth. from smb., wrest, wring), tecâvüz etmek (abuse, aggress, assault, attack, break into, encroach, encroach on, entrench upon, impinge, infringe, interfere with, intrude, outrage, overstep, ravish, shame, trench on, trench upon, trespass, violate), tecâvüz (aggression, an outrage upon decency, assault, breaking in, desecration, encroachment, incursion, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, invasion, offence, offense, outrage, trespass, violence), kolza (Cole, colza), kirletmek (bedaub, befoul, begrime, bemire, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, daub, defile, dirty, foul, foul up, grime, make dirty, mess, pollute, slur, smear, smirch, smutch, soil, spatter, stain, sully, tarnish, vitiate), kaçırmak (abduct, blow, chill, exude, flush, give off, hijack, kidnap, ladder, let escape, let slip, lose, make off with, Miss, ooze, pass up, put off, ravish, shuffle, slip, snatch, spirit away, spoil, whisk), küçük şalgam, kız kaçırma, gaspetmek (disseise, disseize, extort, hijack, invade, ravish, seize, seize by force, spoliate, usurp, wrest, wrest from), gasp (disseisin, disseizin, extortion, grab, hijack, hijacking, seizure, spoliation, usurpation, wrest), üzüm posası, ırzına geçmek (force, interfere with, ravish, ruin, violate), ırzına geçme, ırza tecavüz (an outrage upon decency, criminal assault, incident assault, violence). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | грабувати (despoil, hold up, loot, overrun, pillage, plunder, prey, ransack, reive, scamp, spoliate), гвалтувати жінку, викрадення (rapture, ravishment), згвалтування (ravishment), пограбування (depredation, despoliation, hijacking, loot, pillage, pillaging, ransack, ravishment, robbery, sackage). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự chiếm đoạt sự hâm hiếp, sự cưỡng dâm (defloration, deflowering), sự cưỡng đoạt. (various references) | |
Welsh | treisio (force, oppress, ravish, violate). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | constupraverunt, rapa, rapum, rapere, rapina, rapinae, rapinam, rapinamque, rapinas, rapinis. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | raptura. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rape": raped, raper, rapers, rapes, rapeseed, rapeseeds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "rape": antirape, bedrape, broomrape, crape, drape, grape, sarape, scrape, serape, undrape. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rape": bedraped, bedrapes, broomrapes, cameraperson, camerapersons, chemotherapeutic, chemotherapeutically, chemotherapeutics, craped, crapes, drapeabilities, drapeability, drapeable, draped, draper, draperies, drapers, drapery, drapes, drapey, grapefruit, grapefruits, grapelike, graperies, grapery, grapes, grapeshot, grapevine, grapevines, grapey, immunotherapeutic, intraperitoneal, intraperitoneally, intrapersonal, nontherapeutic, parapet, parapeted, parapets, psychotherapeutic, psychotherapeutically, sarapes, scraped, scraper, scrapers, scrapes, serapes, skyscraper, skyscrapers, subtherapeutic, therapeuses, therapeusis. (additional references) | |
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"Rape" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aape, arepp, arope, arpa, arpe, Arpel, Arpi, eape, kraapa, Krampe, Mrcpe, Orapa, Raabe, raae, Rabeh, rahe, raie, ralee, ralp, Rampa, Rampe, raoe, Rapa, rapax, rapaz, rapd, rapel, rapen, Rapg, raph, raphe, raphel, rapi, rapic, rapig, rapj, rapon, rapp, rappe, rappee, rappen, rappo, rappy, raspe, raspu, raue, rawe, rawp, raxe, reape, reep, Repa, repe, repex, repo, repp, repr, repre, reupe, rfp, rhap, rhp, ropa, rophe, rp, rpa, Rpe, rrap, Rrapo, rrp, Rspce, Ruapehu, rupe, Rwaje, Ryabev. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rape" (pronounced rā"p) |
| 3 | r ā" p | crepe, drape, grape, scrape. |
| 2 | -ā" p | Agape, ape, Cape, escape, gape, reshape, scape, shape, tape, videotape. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aper, pare, pear, reap. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-p-r" | |
-1 letter: ape, are, ear, era, par, pea, per, rap, rep. | |
-2 letters: ae, ar, er, pa, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-p-r" | |
+1 letter: apers, apery, apres, apter, arpen, asper, caper, crape, drape, gaper, grape, japer, opera, pacer, padre, pager, paler, paper, parae, pared, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, parge, parle, parse, parve, pater, paver, pawer, payer, pearl, pears, peart, perea, prase, prate, presa, raped, raper, rapes, raphe, reaps, recap, remap, repay, spare, spear, taper. | |
+2 letters: ampere, ampler, apercu, appear, arpens, arpent, aspers, aspire, bewrap, camper, capers, capper, carped, carpel, carper, carpet, craped, crapes, damper, dapper, depart, diaper, draped, draper, drapes, drapey, earlap, enrapt, entrap, enwrap, eparch, escarp, frappe, gapers, gasper, gawper, grapes, grapey, hamper, harped, harper, japers, japery, jasper, lapper, lapser, leaper, mapper, napery, napper, operas, pacers, packer, padder, padres, pagers, paired, palier, palmer, palter, pamper, pander, panier, panzer, papers, papery, parade, parcel, pardee, pardie, parent, pareos, parers, pareus, pareve, parged, parges, parget, paries, parked, parker, parled, parles, parley, parole, parred, parrel, parsec, parsed, parser, parses, parted, parure, passer, paster, paters, patter, patzer, pauper, pauser, pavers, pawers, pawner, payers, pearls, pearly, pedlar, pereia, petard, phrase, pirate, placer, planer, plater, player, pleura, praise, prance, prases, prated, prater, prates, praxes, prayed, prayer, preach, preact, preamp, prearm, prefab, prelaw, preman, prepay, pretax, prewar, protea, ramped, rapers, raphae, raphes, rapier, rapine, rapped, rappee, rappel, rappen, rapper, rasped, rasper, reaped, reaper, recaps, redcap, remaps, repack, repaid, repair, repand, repark, repass, repast, repave, repays, repeal, repeat, replan, replay, retape, revamp, rewrap, rhaphe, sapper, sarape, scrape, secpar, serape, seraph, shaper, sherpa, soaper, spacer, spader, spared, sparer, spares, sparge, sparse, spears, spirea, spread, tamper, tapers, tapper, tephra, teraph, threap, trapes, trepan, upbear, uprate, uprear, uptear, vamper, warped, warper, yapper, yauper, yawper, zapper. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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