date rape

date rape
noun
rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together)
Hypernyms: ↑rape, ↑violation, ↑assault, ↑ravishment

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noun
: rape committed by someone known to the victim

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sexual intercourse forced by a man upon the woman with whom he has a date.
[1980-85]

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date rape noun
Rape committed by a person with whom the victim has gone out on a date
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Main Entry:date
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date rape see under ↑date1
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Main Entry:rape

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date rape UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular date rape plural date rapes] legal
a crime in which one person rapes another (=forces them to have sex) while on a date with them
Thesaurus: sex crimeshyponym general words for crimessynonym
Derived Word: date-rape

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date rape,
the act of having forced sexual intercourse with a female while on a social date.

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n. rape committed by the victim's escort

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noun [noncount]
: the crime of forcing someone you know to have sex with you especially while on a date

He was accused of date rape.

date rapist noun, pl ⋯ -ists [count]

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ˈdate rape f9 [date rape] noun uncountable
the crime of raping sb, committed by a person he or she has gone out with on a ↑date

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