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
According to a criminal complaint, Johnson allegedly took a teenage girl to the Jet Set Motel on Third Avenue in December 2024 and raped her.
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Allen Devlin, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The Hillside Strangers killed at least 10 women Bianchi and Buono raped and killed at least 10 women and girls between October 1977 and February 1978.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Caitie’s confession led Lucy to also claim that she was raped by Chris, in order for everyone to take it seriously since most of her classmates brushed it off.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
But Sepe-Wiesenfeld said Schuman had properly filed her lawsuit in Los Angeles County, noting Schuman alleges Carter raped her in Santa Monica in 2003, and that the Santa Monica Police Department investigated the claim.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Life in captivity Smart opens up about how Mitchell raped her several times a day at the campsite during the summer of 2002.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Powell did not allege abuse as extreme as some of his fellow plaintiffs, who have claimed that Lorch raped them, but his trial provided a test case for many of the fact patterns and issues in the other lawsuits.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 20 Jan. 2026
In the earliest Greek texts, Phoinix was also the father of Europa, who, in mythology, was a princess, raped and carried off by Zeus and brought to the island of Crete.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
After he has been raped, a young man retreats into a world of silence and isolation.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
Allen Devlin, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The Hillside Strangers killed at least 10 women Bianchi and Buono raped and killed at least 10 women and girls between October 1977 and February 1978.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Caitie’s confession led Lucy to also claim that she was raped by Chris, in order for everyone to take it seriously since most of her classmates brushed it off.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
But Sepe-Wiesenfeld said Schuman had properly filed her lawsuit in Los Angeles County, noting Schuman alleges Carter raped her in Santa Monica in 2003, and that the Santa Monica Police Department investigated the claim.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Life in captivity Smart opens up about how Mitchell raped her several times a day at the campsite during the summer of 2002.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Powell did not allege abuse as extreme as some of his fellow plaintiffs, who have claimed that Lorch raped them, but his trial provided a test case for many of the fact patterns and issues in the other lawsuits.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 20 Jan. 2026
In the earliest Greek texts, Phoinix was also the father of Europa, who, in mythology, was a princess, raped and carried off by Zeus and brought to the island of Crete.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
After he has been raped, a young man retreats into a world of silence and isolation.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raped
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The addition of those provisions, the lawsuit argues, violated a requirement in the Missouri Constitution that laws only deal with one subject.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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The lawsuit argues the freeze violated federal law, including the Administrative Procedure Act and constitutional limits on executive power and how Congress appropriates funds.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Gregory Bovino, who has been in Minneapolis this week, said on social media that protesters assaulted agents and there were four total arrests.—
Rebecca Santana,
Fortune,
10 Jan. 2026
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At those homes, she was repeatedly assaulted and became a victim of human trafficking, according to the lawsuit.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Raped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raped. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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