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raped

verb

past tense of rape

as in violated

to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent the defendant accused of raping the victim

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Recent Examples of raped Prosecutors, relying on testimony from Diehl, say that Pham and Salerno raped and stabbed Collins, too. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026 Doe says she was plied with drugs and alcohol and gang-raped by the men during a party at the Chi Phi fraternity house in 2024. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Despite telling police definitively that she had been raped, the report Ithaca police sent to the district attorney omitted this language. — Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 Authorities now say that man, identified as Clark, held the victim against her will in his home and raped her. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 According to an attorney’s clemency request, he’s been repeatedly beaten and raped during his 50 years in prison. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Greene-Placentia said she was attacked, subdued and then woke up to find that she was being raped by an unknown assailant. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 Gangs have also kidnapped more than 230 people and raped over 1,000 women and girls during that time period. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Earlier this week, the New York governor called for a third-party investigation into Cornell over its internal investigation into the seven fraternity members who allegedly raped Jane Doe in 2024. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026

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In September, a drone that violated Lithuanian airspace was shot down over the nation’s territory for the first time, following similar incidents in Latvia and Estonia.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 9 Oct. 2026
The release of the footage comes after the Virginian-Pilot and the Daily Press filed a motion earlier this year for it to be unsealed, arguing that keeping it from the public violated the First Amendment.

— Juan Benn Jr, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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According to the Public Defender's Office, officers falsely claimed that Gibson had assaulted them by biting, punching, and wrapping a radio cord around an officer's neck, claims later refuted by video evidence.

— Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Large private surveys of students at multiple colleges consistently estimate that 1 in 5 college women are assaulted while attending university.

— Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

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