sexual assault

noun

Definition of sexual assaultnext
as in violation
the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse convicted of sexual assault of a minor

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  1. violation
  2. rape
  3. assault
Noun
  • For years, Austin schools had struggled to clear thousands of overdue requests from families that students get evaluated for special education services, which is a law violation.
    Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Even as the Supreme Court has narrowed the pathways for victims of federal agents' constitutional violations to obtain relief, victims may demand compensation from state and local police who directly violate civil rights or conspire to do so.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of violation
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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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