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verb | noun raperape1 /reɪp/ ●○○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYrape1Origin: 1300-1400 Latin rapere to seize VERB TABLErape |
Present | I, you, we, they | rape | | he, she, it | rapes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | raped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have raped | | he, she, it | has raped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had raped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rape | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have raped |
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Present | I | am raping | | he, she, it | is raping | | you, we, they | are raping | Past | I, he, she, it | was raping | | you, we, they | were raping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been raping | | he, she, it | has been raping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been raping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be raping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been raping |
to force someone to have sex when he or she does not want to: The girl had been raped and stabbed. [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin rapere to seize] verb | noun raperape2 ●○○ noun ETYMOLOGYrape2Origin: (1,3) 1400-1500 ➔ RAPE1 (2) 1300-1400 Latin rapa THESAURUSa particular crime► crime a dishonest, violent, or immoral action that can be punished by law: The woman insisted that she had not committed any crime. This is a serious crime – thousands of dollars were stolen. ► theft the crime of stealing things: The rate of car theft has increased this year. ► robbery the crime of stealing money or valuable things from a bank, store, etc.: There was another armed robbery at the bank. ► burglary the crime of going into someone’s home in order to steal money or valuable things: We had an alarm system installed to prevent burglary. ► shoplifting the crime of taking things from a store without paying for them: The store reports all cases of shoplifting to the police. ► larceny formal the crime of stealing things. Used in legal language: Police arrested the purse snatcher and charged him with larceny. ► mugging the crime of attacking and robbing someone in public: Most muggings occur on dark streets. ► assault the crime of attacking someone physically: The man who beat him was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. ► rape the crime of forcing someone to have sex: The rape occurred when the woman was walking home at night. ► murder the crime of deliberately killing someone: For a killing to be called murder, it had to be intentional. ► manslaughter the crime of killing someone illegally but not deliberately: He was convicted of manslaughter for killing his brother in the fight. ► homicide formal the crime of killing someone. Used in legal language: Police are treating the death as a case of homicide. ► drug dealing the crime of selling illegal drugs: Drug dealing is a real problem in some neighborhoods. ► fraud the crime of deceiving people in order to get money or things: He used fraud to get people to invest in the fake company. ► forgery the crime of illegally copying official documents, money, etc.: The group was involved in the forgery of land contracts. ► counterfeiting the crime of copying money to deceive people: Color photocopiers have made counterfeiting easier. ► vandalism the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property: Two teenagers were arrested for vandalism at the school. ► arson the crime of deliberately making something burn, especially a building: Investigators believe that arson was the cause of the fire. 1[countable, uncountable] the crime of forcing someone to have sex, especially by using violence: Wilson has been charged with attempted rape. a rape victim → see also date rape, rapist ► see thesaurus at crime2[singular] sudden unnecessary destruction, especially of the environment: the rape of the American West3[uncountable] a plant with yellow flowers, grown as animal food and for its oil |