verb, noun
verb [VN] to force sb to have sex with you when they do not want to by threatening them or using violence
seealsoRAPIST
Part of speech: noun
1 [U,C] the crime of forcing sb to have sex with you, especially using violence:
He was charged with rape. * a rape victim * an increase in the number of reported rapes
seealsoDATERAPE, RAPIST
2 [sing.] ~ (of sth) (literary) the act of destroying or spoiling an area in a way that seems unnecessary
3 (also oilseed rape) [U] a plant with bright yellow flowers, grown as food for farm animals and for its seeds that are used to make oil:
a field of rape * refined rape oil
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for rape is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is rape a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, rape is tagged as noun.
Does rape appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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