Definition of RAPE

rape

Plural: rape, rapes

Noun

  • Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
  • the act of despoiling a country in warfare
  • the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
  • The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
  • An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.
  • Overpowerment; utter defeat.
  • An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.
  • An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards.
  • The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
  • The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
  • That which is snatched away.
  • Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
  • One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.
  • Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.
  • Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
  • The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
  • A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
  • Fruit plucked in a bunch.

Verb

Verb Forms: raped, raping, rapes

  • To force someone to have sexual intercourse against their will.
  • force (someone) to have sex against their will
    • "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
  • destroy and strip of its possession
    • "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
  • To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
  • To seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.)
  • To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
  • To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
  • To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.
  • To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.
  • To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce.
  • To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.
  • To exploit an advantage, often involving money, where the other person has little choice but to submit.
  • To make haste; to hasten or hurry.

Adv

  • Quickly; hastily.

Examples

  • a rape of grapes
  • Have you seen the prices in that store lately? I got raped for $20 just buying a sandwich.
  • He knew playing words like RAPE in Words With Friends was controversial, but it was valid.
  • My experienced opponent will rape me at chess.
  • The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.
  • the Rape of Nanking

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from Etymology 3, an Old Norse word.

Scrabble Score: 6

rape: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rape: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rape: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

rape: valid Words With Friends Word