rape
The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their willThe act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
» They want to rape our women.
Они хотят изнасиловать наших женщин.
Вони хочуть гвалтувати наших жінок.
Meaning
13 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
Vergewaltigung, Schändung, Notzucht
изнаси́лованиеiznasílovanije
зґвалтува́нняzgvaltuvánnja
An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.
(countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable)Overpowerment; utter defeat.
(countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable)An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards.
The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.
(historical)One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.
Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
(countable, uncountable)The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
(countable, uncountable)A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
the Rape of Nanjing
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which is snatched away.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
(obsolete)Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- the act of despoiling a country in warfare
- Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
Examples
211 sentencesThey want to rape our women.
Вони хочуть гвалтувати наших жінок.
ruОни хотят изнасиловать наших женщин.
Fadil raped the woman.
Фадль згвалтував цю жінку.
Are they going to rape us?
I am going to rape you.
He is being accused of rape.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carryFrom Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from Etymology 3, an Old Norse word.
Generally considered to derive from Old English rāp (“rope”), in reference to the ropes used to delineate the courts that ruled each rape. Compare Dutch reep and the parish of Rope, Cheshire.
From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall”), Danish rappe (“to make haste”), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry”).
From Middle English rape, from Latin rāpa, from rāpum (“turnip”).
From Middle English rape, from rape (“grape stalk, rasper”), from Old French raper, rasper (“to rasp, scratch”), from Old Frankish *raspōn (“to scratch”), related to Old High German raspōn (“to scrape”), Old English ġehrespan (“to strip, spoil”).
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Forms
plural: rapes / rapeSynonyms
7 synonyms- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will:violationassaultravishment
- the act of despoiling a country in warfare:rapine
- Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop:colzaBrassica napus
Word family
65 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable