as in violated
to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent
the defendant accused of raping the victim
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Recent Examples of raped
As part of his teaching, the court heard that Westwood talked to one teenager, who was raped, about a masturbation scene from Bridgerton.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
She had been beaten, raped and stabbed.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
In a civil suit filed in a New York federal court on Sunday night, the anonymous plaintiff alleged that she was raped at an afterparty following the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City on September 7, 2000.
—Ryan Smith, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
One of those accusers claims that she was raped by Combs and Jay-Z at a Video Music Awards aftershow party in New York in 2000.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Decades after Israeli soldiers raped and killed a Palestinian teenager during a massacre of Bedouins, a woman in Ramallah becomes obsessed with the story and sneaks into Israel to find out more.
—The Week Us, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Richard Muñoz Ramirez, dubbed by the media as the Night Stalker, killed at least 15 people and robbed, raped and beat many others between April 1984 and August 1985.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The woman, who identified herself only as Jane Doe, said the musicians raped her, while a third, unnamed female celebrity watched.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The woman claims she was raped by Combs and Jay-Z while a still-unnamed female celebrity watched during a party in a New York City residence following the annual music event.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
She had been beaten, raped and stabbed.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
In a civil suit filed in a New York federal court on Sunday night, the anonymous plaintiff alleged that she was raped at an afterparty following the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City on September 7, 2000.
—Ryan Smith, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
One of those accusers claims that she was raped by Combs and Jay-Z at a Video Music Awards aftershow party in New York in 2000.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Decades after Israeli soldiers raped and killed a Palestinian teenager during a massacre of Bedouins, a woman in Ramallah becomes obsessed with the story and sneaks into Israel to find out more.
—The Week Us, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Richard Muñoz Ramirez, dubbed by the media as the Night Stalker, killed at least 15 people and robbed, raped and beat many others between April 1984 and August 1985.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The woman, who identified herself only as Jane Doe, said the musicians raped her, while a third, unnamed female celebrity watched.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The woman claims she was raped by Combs and Jay-Z while a still-unnamed female celebrity watched during a party in a New York City residence following the annual music event.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Raped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raped. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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