rape

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. seize, plunder; seduce, debauch, ravish. See impurity, stealing.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. violation, sexual assault, seduction, deflowering, criminal assault, abduction, statutory offense, statutory rape, defilement, abuse, molestation, devirgination, defloration, ill-usage, maltreatment, ravishment, date rape, acquaintance rape, forcible violation, gangbang*; see also crime 2 .

v.

Syn. violate, assault, seize, outrage, compromise, force, molest, ravish, attack, defile, deflower, wrong, despoil, devirginate, debauch, ruin, corrupt, seduce, maltreat, abuse, bang*, take advantage of*.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

sexual assault, molestation, forcible intercourse, ravishment, overpowering, violation, *date rape, deflowering, plundering, pillage, sacking.

II

v.

molest, sexually assault, ravish, *force oneself on, attack, overpower, violate, deflower, defile, *have one's way with, plunder, pillage, sack.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To compel (another) to participate in or submit to a sexual act: assault, force, ravish, violate. See SEX. 2. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, sack2, spoliate, strip1. Archaic: harrow, spoil. See CRIMES, GIVE.