rape

Universal Words 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 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