: a person who rapes someone : a person who commits rape
a convicted rapist
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In the wake of the white community demanding more punishment, the Kentucky General Assembly amended the death penalty statute to allow juries to sentence a rapist to hang in the county seat where the crime was committed.—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 Stephanie leaves after a harrowing incident involving a rapist loose in the hospital who causes an explosion.—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025 And there is also an overarching bad guy more brutal than anything seen in the first movie, a murderer and rapist named Otis Wardell.—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 Brashers is a serial killer and rapist linked to several cases across the south, from Tennessee to South Carolina.—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rapist
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