raper

rape ¹  (rp)

n.

1. The crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse.

2. The act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction.

3. Abusive or improper treatment; violation: a rape of justice.

tr.v. raped, rap·ing, rapes

1. To force (another person) to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse; commit rape on.

2. To seize and carry off by force.

3. To plunder or pillage.

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[Middle English, from rapen, to rape, from Old French raper, to abduct, from Latin rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]

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raper n.

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rape ²  (rp)

n.

A European plant (Brassica napus) of the mustard family, cultivated as fodder and for its seed that yields a valuable oil. Also called colza, oil-seed rape.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rpa, pl. of rpum, turnip.]

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rape ³  (rp)

n.

The refuse of grapes left after the extraction of the juice in winemaking.

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[French râpe, grape stalk, from Old French, from rasper, to scrape; see rasp.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

raper - someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse rapist aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime