: a person who rapes someone : a person who commits rape
a convicted rapist
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This maximum security facility houses the country's most brutal criminals, including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and terrorists.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 At twenty-one, having long since left home for college, and driven by the desire to protect her siblings, Sinno became one of the rare victims in France to file a complaint against her rapist.—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025 This was about ensuring that criminals — rapists, child abusers, burglars, and violent offenders — are removed from our communities.—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 Just over 160 miles to the south of the Antelope Valley, in Borrego Springs, residents were informed in February by the sheriff that another rapist, Alvin Ray Quarles, was being placed in their community.—Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rapist
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