sexual assault
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sexual assault
performing a sexual act with a person without their prior consent (sexual offense), assaulting someone sexually
Sexual assault
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
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.