sexual abuse (redirected from Sex abuse)

sexual abuse

n.

1. The forcing of unwanted sexual activity by one person on another, as by the use of threats or coercion.

2. Sexual activity that is deemed improper or harmful, as between an adult and a minor or with a person of diminished mental capacity.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sexual abuse - a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault" sex crime, sex offense, sexual assault molestation - the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children) ravishment, rape, assault, violation - the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense - crimes created by statutes and not by common law law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"