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rape 1
(rāp)
n.
1.
a. The crime of using force or the threat of force to compel a person to submit to sexual intercourse.
b. The crime of using force or threat of force to compel a person to submit to some other sexual penetration.
c. Other unlawful sexual intercourse or penetration, as with an unconscious person or person below the age of or incapable of consent.
d. An instance of any of these crimes.
2. The act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction: the rape of Europa by Zeus.
3. The act of pillaging or plundering: the rape of the city by the invaders.
4. Abusive or improper treatment; spoiling or abuse: the rape of the land by polluters.
tr.v.raped, rap·ing, rapes
1. To use force or threat of force to compel (another person) to submit to sexual intercourse or other sexual penetration.
2. To seize and carry off by force.
3. To plunder or pillage.
4. To treat improperly; abuse or spoil.
[Middle English, from rapen, to rape, from Old French raper, to abduct, from Latin rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]
rap′er n.
rape 2
(rāp)
n.
Either of two European plants (Brassica napus or B. rapa) of the mustard family, cultivated as fodder and for their seeds, which yield a valuable oil. Certain varieties of these plants yield canola oil. Also called colza, oilseed rape.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rāpa, pl. of rāpum, turnip.]
rape 3
(rāp)
n.
The refuse of grapes left after the extraction of the juice in winemaking.
[French râpe, grape stalk, pomace, from Old French raspe, from rasper, to scrape (in reference to the scraping of grapes off the stalk in making wine); see rasp.]
1. (Law) the offence of forcing a person, esp a woman, to submit to sexual intercourse against that person's will. See also statutory rape
2. the act of despoiling a country in warfare; rapine
3. any violation or abuse: the rape of justice.
4. archaic abduction: the rape of the Sabine women.
vb (mainly tr)
5. (Law) to commit rape upon (a person)
6. (also intr) to plunder or despoil (a place) in war
7. archaic to carry off by force; abduct
[C14: from Latin rapere to seize]
rape
(reɪp)
n
(Plants) a Eurasian plant, Brassica napus, that has bright yellow flowers and is cultivated for its seeds, which yield a useful oil, and as a fodder plant: family Brassicaceae (crucifers). Also called: colzaorcole
[C14: from Latin rāpum turnip]
rape
(reɪp)
n
(Brewing) (often plural) the skins and stalks of grapes left after wine-making: used in making vinegar
[C17: from French râpe, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German raspōn to scrape together]
4. an act of plunder or despoliation: the rape of the countryside.
5. Archaic. the act of seizing and carrying off by force.
v.t.
6. to force to have sexual intercourse.
7. to plunder (a place); despoil.
8. to seize and carry off by force.
v.i.
9. to commit rape.
[1250–1300; (v.) Middle English rapen < Anglo-French raper < Latin rapere to seize, carry off by force, plunder; (n.) Middle English < Anglo-French ra(a)p(e), derivative of raper]
rap′ist, rap′er,n.
rape2
(reɪp)
n.
a plant, Brassica napus, of the mustard family, whose leaves are used as fodder, and whose seeds yield rape oil.
[1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin rāpum (neuter), rāpa (feminine) turnip; c. Greek rhápys]
rape3
(reɪp)
n.
the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted, used as a filter in making vinegar.
pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
3.
rape - the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
date rape - rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together)
sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault - 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"
statutory rape, carnal abuse - sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly)
Verb
1.
rape - force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
1. the crime of having sexual intercourse with a woman against her will. verkragting إغْتِصاب изнасилване estupro znásilnění die Vergewaltigung voldtægt βιασμόςviolación vägistamine تجاوز جنسی raiskaus violאונס बलात्कार silovanje nemi erőszak perkosaan nauðgun stupro 強姦 강간 išprievartavimas izvarošana rogol verkrachtingvoldtektgwałt په زورنيول، لاس وراچول، په زور زناكول، تښتول violação viol изнасилование znásilnenie posilstvo silovanje våldtäkt การข่มขืน ırza geçme, tecavüz 強姦罪 зґвалтування عصمت دری sự hiếp dâm 强奸罪
2. the act of causing great damage, destruction etc to land etc. verkragting سَلْب وتَدْمير нанасяне на щети violação zpustošení der Raub rovdrift καταστροφή, ρήμαγμαviolación kahjustamine, vägivald چپاول و خرابی tuhoaminen viol לְאֶנוֹס बहुत नुकसान पहुंचाना, तोड़फोड़ करना grabež, otmica rombolás perusakan eyðilegging, (náttúru)spjöll violazione 破壊 강탈 nuniokojimas izlaupīšana; izpostīšana ragut verkrachtingplyndring, rasering pustoszenie په زورنيونه، لاس وراچونه تيښتونه violação violare; distrugere опустошение spustošenie opustošenje nasilje förstörelse, skövling การทำลาย bozma, mahvetme 嚴重破壞 знищення تباہی و بربادی sự cướp đoạt 肆意损坏,肆意糟蹋,蹂躏洗劫
verb
1. to force (a woman) to have sexual intercourse against her will. verkrag يَغْتَصِب изнасилвам estuprar znásilnit vergewaltigen voldtage βιάζωviolar vägistama raiskata violer לְאֶנוֹס बलात्कार करना silovati megerőszakol memperkosa nauðga violentare 強姦する 강간하다 išprievartauti izvarot merogol verkrachtenvoldtazgwałcić زور اچونه violar a viola изнасиловать znásilniť posiliti silovati våldta ข่มขืน tecavüz etmek, ırza geçmek 強姦 ґвалтувати زنا بالجبر کرنا hiếp dâm 强奸
2. to cause great damage, destruction etc to (countryside etc). plunder يَسْلُب ويُدَمِّر нанасям щети violar pustošit rauben drive rovdrift καταστρέφω, ρημάζωviolar hukatusse saatma tuhota violer לַהָרוֹס लूटना pustošiti rombolást okoz merusak valda spjöllum á violare 破壊する 강탈하다 nuniokoti izlaupīt; izpostīt merosakkan verkrachtenplyndre, rasere pustoszyć خرابي.خرابيدل violar a distruge опустошать pustošiť opustošiti izazvati štetu förstöra, skövla ทำลาย bozmak, mahvetmek 嚴重破壞 знищувати تباہ و برباد کرنا cướp đoạt 蹂躏,洗劫肆意损坏
ˈrapist noun
a man who rapes a woman. verkragter مُغْتَصِب изнасилвач estuprador násilník der Vergewaltiger voldtægtsforbryder βιαστήςviolador vägistaja متجاوز جنسی raiskaaja violeurאנס बलात्कारी, बलात्कार करने वाला silovatelj nemi erőszakot elkövető pemerkosa nauðgari violentatore, stupratore 強姦者 강간자 prievartautojas izvarotājs perogol verkrachtenvoldtektsforbrytergwałciciel زناکار violador violator насильник násilník posiljevalec silovatelj våldtäktsman ผู้ข่มขืนกระทำชำเรา ırza geçen kimse 強姦犯 ґвалтівник زنا بالجبر کرنے والا kẻ hiếp dâm 强奸犯
and more frequently rape! which last, some, perhaps, may wonder she should mention, who do not consider that these words of exclamation are used by ladies in a fright, as fa, la, la, ra, da, &c., are in music, only as the vehicles of sound, and without any fixed ideas.
This rape of the lock did not produce quite such terrible consequences as the more famous one in Pope's poem, but Cecily's soul was no less agitated than Belinda's.
The reputation which it brought him was very properly increased by the publication the next year of the admirable mock-epic 'The Rape of the Lock,' which Pope soon improved, against Addison's advice, by the delightful 'machinery' of the Rosicrucian sylphs.
These three lines from 'The Rape of the Lock' are thoroughly characteristic:
There was a volume of Pope, with the Rape of the Lock in it, and another of the Tatler, and an odd one of Dryden's Miscellanies, all with tarnished gilding on their covers, and thoughts of tarnished brilliancy inside.
For jest and sport it was, properly regarded, and had I not seen it in that light I would have returned and done more mischief in revenging thee than the Greeks did for the rape of Helen, who, if she were alive now, or if my Dulcinea had lived then, might depend upon it she would not be so famous for her beauty as she is;" and here he heaved a sigh and sent it aloft; and said Sancho, "Let it pass for a jest as it cannot be revenged in earnest, but I know what sort of jest and earnest it was, and I know it will never be rubbed out of my memory any more than off my shoulders.
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