date-rape

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verb

ˈdāt-ˌrāp 

date-raped; date-raping; date-rapes

transitive verb

: to commit date rape on

date rapist noun

date rape

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noun

: rape committed by the victim's date

broadly : acquaintance rape

Examples of date-rape in a Sentence

Noun

He was accused of date rape.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

During opening arguments in an L.A. courtroom on Jan. 9, prosecutors claimed Pearce gave the women a lethal mix of drugs, including cocaine and fentanyl and, in Giles’s case, the date-rape drug GHB, before dropping the women off, barely alive, with Osborn at separate L.A. hospitals. —Kc Baker, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025

But in her lawsuit, Evans says officers did not allow her to be tested for date-rape drugs and that her rape kit was not properly administered. —Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 26 June 2024

Noun

Prosecutors said the pair were given a fatal cocktail of drugs — made up of cocaine, fentanyl, ketamine, heroin, MDMA and the date rape drug GBH — before they were dumped outside two different hospitals some 12 hours later. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025

But the seemingly normal date turned terrifying when the doctor, then 37, drugged Eriksson with strawberries laced with Rohypnol, the date rape drug. —Kc Baker, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1984, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1975, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

date rape

noun

: rape committed by the victim's date

Medical Definition

date rape

noun

ˈdāt- 

: rape committed by the victim's date

broadly : acquaintance rape

Legal Definition

date rape

noun

: rape committed by the victim's date

broadly : acquaintance rape