Synonyms of raped

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violated
• assaulted
• forced
• ravished
• molested
• deflowered
• date raped
• gang raped
• pawed
• defiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of raped

Nguyen Thi Quynh Tam, 24, said she was raped on July 5 and pressured by the man's family to accept money and not go to police. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Nguyen Thi Quynh Tam, 24, said she was raped on July 5 and pressured by the man’s family to accept money and not go to police. — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

What follows is a beautifully bizarre story of agency and aliens, in which the fetus possesses Odie’s mind and helps her to get revenge on the man who raped her. — S.m. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

In May, an 18-year-old freshman reported she was raped and strangled after meeting a man at a fraternity party before returning to her dorm at Tropicana Gardens in Isla Vista. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors said Williams raped and strangled Holland after offering her mother $2,500 for the child to perform oral sex on him. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

The day that she was taken prisoner, on a battlefield near the village of Petrivske, she was raped by a Russian soldier. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Enraged, Bianchi and Buono picked up the 19-year-old Washington on October 17, 1977, and bound, raped, and strangled her in the back of Bianchi’s car. — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

Haiti has no fully functioning government, its capital is largely controlled by gangs and the United Nations issued a warning late last month about a surge in women and girls being raped, often by armed groups. — The Miami Herald Editorial Board, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026