rape
English
/ɹeɪp/
noun
Definitions
- (now) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
- (now) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
- The act of forcing sexual intercourse 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.
- (obsolete) That which is snatched away.
- (obsolete) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
- (slang) Overpowerment; utter defeat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rapen derived from Latin rapere.
Origin
Latin
rapere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acquaintance English
- acquaintance rape English
- antirape English
- ass English
- ass-rape English
- broom English
- broomrape English
- butt English
- butt-rape English
- cyberrape English
- date rape drug English
- date rapist English
- fic English
- gate English
- gate rape English
- hypnorape English
- meat English
- nonrape English
- nonrapist English
- quasirape English
- rapability English
- rapable English
- rape#Etymology_4 English
- rapeability English
- rapee English
- rapefest English
- rapefic English
- rapeful English
- rapelike English
- rapeling English
- rapemeat English
- raper English
- rapeseed English
- rapette English
- rapey English
- rapeyness English
- rapism English
- rapist English
- rapo English
- rerape English
- seed English
- self-rape English
- unrapable English
- unrape English
- unrapeability English
- rapata Finnish
- *rapire Latin
- *rapīre Latin
- rapere Latin
- rapum Latin
- berappen German
- oprapen Dutch, Flemish
- rapen Dutch, Flemish
- rabear Spanish, Castilian
- rabillo Spanish, Castilian
- rabo Spanish, Castilian
- rabón Spanish, Castilian
- rabo Portuguese
- rappa Swedish
- rappare Swedish
- レイパー Japanese
- レイピスト Japanese
- レイプ Japanese
- レイプドラッグ Japanese
- レイプ犯 Japanese
- 逆レイプ Japanese
- rapen Middle English
- rāpen Middle Dutch
- 雷普 Chinese
- *rapiō Proto-Italic
- rabo Old Spanish
- rábu Kabuverdianu
- rabo Chavacano
- ass
- fic
- rapo
- butt
- seed
- gate
- meat
- broom
- rapee
- raper
- rapey
- rerape
- rapism
- rapist
- unrape
- nonrape
- rapefic
- rapable
- rapette
- rapeful
- antirape
- rapefest
- rapemeat
- ass-rape
- rapeseed
- rapeling
- rapelike
- butt-rape
- cyberrape
- self-rape
- gate rape
- hypnorape
- rapeyness
- quasirape
- broomrape
- unrapable
- nonrapist
- rapability
- rapeability
- date rapist
- acquaintance
- unrapeability
- date rape drug
- rape#Etymology_4
- acquaintance rape