rape

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rape1 /reɪp/ ●●○ verb [transitive]  SCCSYto force someone to have sex, especially by using violence 强奸 → rapist She had been raped and stabbed. 她遭到强奸，还被刀捅了。→ See Verb table

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rape• Most experts such as Koss focus on factors outside of criminal intent that contribute to date and acquaintance rape.• She was dragged into a garden and raped.• It was clear that he meant this literally and also as: to rape a white girl is to rape her father.• She had been raped and asphyxiated, police said.• But Manu does not seem to care about being raped, and puts up no resistance.• The woman was raped and then murdered by her kidnapper.• He was accused of raping his ex-girlfriend.• Lula was raped on her way home from work.• Stallions may show a lack of normal courtship behaviour, raping or savaging mares or displaying an inability to mate.

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rape2 ●●○ noun  1  [countable, uncountable]SCCSY the crime of forcing someone to have sex, especially by using violence 强奸（罪） Police are investigating a series of violent rapes in the town. 警察在调查镇上发生的一连串暴力强奸案。 He was arrested and charged with rape. 他被捕并被控强奸。 He always denied that he was guilty of rape. 他一直否认自己犯有强奸罪。 a rape victim 遭强奸者 the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl 对一个17岁少女的轮奸 He was convicted of attempted rape. 他被判犯有强奸未遂罪。► see thesaurus at crime2. [uncountable] (also oilseed rape)HBP a European plant with yellow flowers, grown as animal food and for its oil 油菜 SYN American English canola3  the rape of something the unnecessary destruction of something, especially the environment 对某物的肆意破坏〔尤指对环境的破坏〕 companies which profit from the rape of the Earth 以破坏环境为代价牟利的公司

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rape• Only one in 10 rape victims reports the crime to authorities, he noted.• Rape victims receive special counselling and are treated very sensitively.• A woman's sexual history should not be introduced in a rape trial.• a rape victim• Also patron of nurses and rape victims.• Cook, who has previous convictions for robbery, pleaded guilty to attempted rape and to unlawful wounding.• Wilson has been charged with attempted rape.• 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.• It was not the first time he had been accused of rape.• 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.• the rape of the American West• Murders, theft, rape, calumnies, graft - our daily bread.rape 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.• Genuine rape victims should always be encouraged to come forward, so anonymity is important.• She also works with other rape victims, which is helping to lay her own demons to rest.• After the furore over the schoolgirl rape victim, he risks having a controversial but respectable viewpoint mistaken for insensitivity.• Some rape victims might be lucky enough to encounter an emergency room doctor who will prescribe the drugs.• The emphasis of the research mainly focused on the press reporting of the rape victim.• They serenaded the rape victim inside, cheering a brother on as if it were a football game.Origin rape1 (1300-1400) Latin rapere “to seize” rape2 1. (1400-1500) → RAPE12. (1300-1400) Latin rapa

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rape

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rape¹ /reɪp/ verb [transitive]to force someone to have sex, especially by using violence ⇨ rapist:
    She had been raped and stabbed.

II

rape² noun1. [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.