raping
Raping is the act of forcing someone to have sex against their will.
The word describes the crime in progress: He was arrested while raping his victim.
Figuratively, raping describes violent destruction or exploitation: raping the land, raping the treasury.
One harmed by another
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- survivorOne still alive after
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- violationBreaking of rules
consent · assault · attack · predator · abuse · violence · coercion · crime
Enacted written rule
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defendantParty facing charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
felony · indictment · testimony · evidence · trial · verdict · imprisonment · charges
victim
One harmed by another
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- survivorOne still alive after
- traumaLasting psychological wound
violation · consent · assault · attack · predator · abuse · violence · coercion · crime · felony
statute
Enacted written rule
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defendantParty facing charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
sentencing · felony · indictment · testimony · evidence · trial · verdict · imprisonment · charges · complaint
plunder
Goods seized violently
despoil · marauding · conquest · invaders · pillage · devastation · warfare · village · raid · destruction
rapingconsensual sex
Intercourse with mutual permission
lovemaking · making love · cherishing · respecting · loving
rapingprotecting
Keeping from harm
nurturing · safeguarding · caring for · healing · cherishing
- serial rapistCriminal who assaults repeatedly
- date rapistOne who assaults companions sexually