ravishment

noun

Definition of ravishmentnext
as in violation
the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse Yeats' poem about the ravishment of Leda by Zeus in the guise of a swan

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  1. violation
  2. rape
  3. assault
Noun
  • Aside from the death penalty, Lan has been handed two 20-year prison sentences for engaging in bribery and violation of lending regulations and she has been ordered to pay $27 million to compensate the bank impacted by the fraud.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Jennifer and James Harper were indicted on one count of theft over $10,000 and one count of violation of the Computer Crimes Act over $10,000.
    Kim Jarrett | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of violation
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  • Centrist Democrats are pro-choice, unequivocally in the case of rape and the health of the mother, but accept limitations at the point of fetal viability.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Police say a Louisville cold case involving the rape of a 17-year-old girl in 2005 has been solved nearly two decades later with DNA testing.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of rape
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  • Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.
    Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
Definition of assault
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