Synonyms for rape
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1. rape, colza, Brassica napusnoun

   Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop

   Synonyms:
   colza, violation, ravishment, rapine, assault

2. rape, rapinenoun

   the act of despoiling a country in warfare

   Synonyms:
   colza, violation, ravishment, rapine, assault

3. rape, violation, assault, ravishmentverb

   the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will

   Synonyms:
   ravishment, violation, misdemeanor, irreverence, usurpation, infraction, rapine, assault, intrusion, infringement, misdemeanour, colza, trespass, entrancement, encroachment

4. rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrageverb

   force (someone) to have sex against their will

   "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

   Synonyms:
   snipe, delight, set on, ravish, dishonour, scandalise, offend, enthrall, profane, scandalize, disgrace, plunder, desecrate, lash out, transgress, shame, assail, enthral, round, appal, attack, enrapture, despoil, dishonor, transport, breach, attaint, violate, infract, shock, outrage, appall, assault, break, enchant, go against, spoil

5. rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunderverb

   destroy and strip of its possession

   "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

   Synonyms:
   baffle, pamper, frustrate, scotch, botch, foray, bilk, dishonour, itch, bungle, rifle, ravish, muck up, dishonor, mishandle, bumble, plunder, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, screw up, pillage, transgress, fumble, vitiate, flub, baby, impair, ball up, featherbed, bollocks up, loot, break, desecrate, despoil, bodge, mess up, sack, deflower, offend, thwart, louse up, breach, go against, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, violate, infract, strip, outrage, cocker, foul up, ransack, cross, fluff, assault, mollycoddle, bobble, profane, reave, coddle, bollix up, cosset, bollix, corrupt, bollocks

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1. rapenoun

   Synonyms:
   violation, defloration, constupration, ravishment, defilement, carnal knowledge of a woman (forcibly and against her will)

2. rapenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Bot.) navew, french turnip (Brassica napus)

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1. rapenoun

   Synonyms:
   constupration, defloration, ravishment, violation

2. rapeverb

   Synonyms:
   ravish, constuprate, violate, deflower

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1. List of paraphrases for "rape":

   violation, rapes, violations, rapeseed, breach, colza, violate, infringement

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1. James Goldston:

   Often international criminal investigations begin with the' crime base' -- authenticated images, witness testimonies and other evidence concerning killings, torture, rape or other prohibited offenses which may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity -- and proceed upward along a chain of military or political authority to demonstrate the culpability of those who ordered, or who knew of but failed to prevent/punish, the commission of such crimes.

2. Zbigniew Ziobro:

   I've decided to file an appeal in the supreme court against the ruling ... in which the ... court decided not to extradite Mr Polanski to the U.S. in a situation when he's accused of and wanted for ... a rape of a child, if he was just a regular guy, a teacher, doctor, plumber, decorator, then I'm sure he'd have been deported from any country to the U.S. a long time ago.

3. Ildefonso Jaimes:

   A macho man wants to hide his pain and not show his weakness and vulnerability, some men say they feel impotent and guilty for being unable to defend their family from rape and or attacks.

4. Emily Petersen:

   We never want to be in a position where we have to tell a victim that we can't prosecute their case because we don't have their rape kit.

5. Anuradha Koirala:

   These girls are most vulnerable, because now people will target them, they could be victims of any forms of sexual abuse. Maybe rape, maybe they will be trafficked, anything. ... If I get more support I will take as many as I can.