raped

Forced upon sexually

Raped is the past tense of rape—to force someone into sexual intercourse or other sexual acts against their will.

The word describes one of the most serious violent crimes: She was raped by a stranger, He was raped in prison.

Figuratively, rape extends to violent despoliation: The land had been raped by strip mining.

assault

victim

One harmed by another

violation · attack · consent · sexual assault · abuse · predator · coercion · force · crime · reporting

legal

conviction

Firmly held belief

statute · testimony · prosecutor · defense · verdict · sentencing · felony · evidence · trial · investigation

warfare

conquest

Defeating and seizing control

occupation · genocide · ethnic cleansing · war crime · tribunal · mass · systematic · weapon · conflict · survivors

land

exploitation

Selfish use of others

pillage · destruction · despoliation · plunder · stripped · devastation · resources · environment · colonization · degradation

Opposites
consent

rapedconsensual

Involving mutual permission

consenting · willing · mutual · agreed · welcomed

violation vs. protection

rapedprotected

Kept from harm

respected · unviolated · safeguarded · preserved · defended

agency

rapedempowered

Given power to act

autonomous · self-determined · free · uncoerced · unforced

Phrases
Family

rape, rapes, raping, rapist, rapists, rapt, rapture, raptures, rapturous

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R