sexual assault

Found in thesaurus: regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense, regulatory offence

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sexual assault

performing a sexual act with a person without their prior consent (sexual offense), assaulting someone sexually

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Sexual assault

Sexual assault is any involuntary sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will, or any non-consensual sexual touching of a person. Sexual assault is a form of sexual violence, and it includes rape (such as forced vaginal, anal or oral penetration or drug facilitated sexual assault), groping, forced kissing, child sexual abuse, or the torture of the person in a sexual manner.

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sexual assault

Noun
1. a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"
(synonym) sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense
(hypernym) statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence
(hyponym) molestation
(classification) law, jurisprudence

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sexual assault

Synonyms and related words:
abuse, betrayal, criminal assault, debauchment, defilement, defloration, deflowering, deflowerment, despoilment, devirgination, priapism, rape, ravage, ravishment, seducement, seduction, sexual possession, taking, violation

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