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
The thought of being raped in prison is horrifying, after all.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
The warning is the second issued by UCSB police since May, when an 18-year-old freshman reported she was raped and strangled after meeting a man at a Sigma Pi fraternity party before returning to her dorm at Tropicana Gardens in Isla Vista.
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Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
Her testimony helped inspire the passage, that same year, of the Jeanne Clery Act, legislation named for a Lehigh University freshman who was raped and murdered by a fellow student.
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Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
While posing as an Uber driver in Boston, Campbell raped five intoxicated women and attempted to rape another between 2017 and 2019, the outlets reported.
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Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
Investigators documented cases in which children, some as young as 8 years old, were raped in exchange for food or small amount of money, some as little as $3 to $5.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2026
Mapezi arrived in South Africa as a teenager 15 years ago, having fled the Democratic Republic of Congo after being gang-raped by members of a militia in the country's East.
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Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
25 June 2026
The woman who survived the rape described in a jury trial how Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, had punched, choked, and forcibly raped her at his home near Baton Rouge, according to local TV station WBRZ.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
In March, a lawyer for Partey said the player intends to plead not guilty to two new charges of rape after a woman alleged Partey twice raped her on the same day in December 2020.
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ABC News,
16 June 2026
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
The warning is the second issued by UCSB police since May, when an 18-year-old freshman reported she was raped and strangled after meeting a man at a Sigma Pi fraternity party before returning to her dorm at Tropicana Gardens in Isla Vista.
—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
Her testimony helped inspire the passage, that same year, of the Jeanne Clery Act, legislation named for a Lehigh University freshman who was raped and murdered by a fellow student.
—
Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
While posing as an Uber driver in Boston, Campbell raped five intoxicated women and attempted to rape another between 2017 and 2019, the outlets reported.
—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
Investigators documented cases in which children, some as young as 8 years old, were raped in exchange for food or small amount of money, some as little as $3 to $5.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2026
Mapezi arrived in South Africa as a teenager 15 years ago, having fled the Democratic Republic of Congo after being gang-raped by members of a militia in the country's East.
—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
25 June 2026
The woman who survived the rape described in a jury trial how Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, had punched, choked, and forcibly raped her at his home near Baton Rouge, according to local TV station WBRZ.
—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
In March, a lawyer for Partey said the player intends to plead not guilty to two new charges of rape after a woman alleged Partey twice raped her on the same day in December 2020.
—
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raped
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But the court ruled in February that Republican counter plans violated a Utah referendum prohibiting gerrymandering, solidifying the single district centered on the increasingly liberal Salt Lake City.
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The crash was not an accident, Adams said, because Pino violated several navigational rules — and piloted the boat without thinking about the well-being of his wife, daughter and the 11 girls on the boat.
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The singer, who notably assaulted ex-girlfriend and Fenty beauty mogul Rihanna the night before the 2009 Grammy Awards, pleaded not guilty last year in the Diaw case.
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One of the suspects also assaulted and sprayed paint on a person, and when officers tried to detain the suspects several blocks away at Turk and Taylor streets, other people surrounded and obstructed the officers, police said.
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