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 criticism even included attacks on her appearance and calls for her to be burned, raped or strangled.
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Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
They are mistreated, raped, killed.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
The women, prosecutors say, were often drugged before they were raped.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Giuffre claims in the book that she was raped three total imes by Prince Andrew.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
An Arizona biker is on trial facing the death penalty for a 2014 attack that killed one woman and left another raped and wounded.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Edwards had been raped and strangled.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Police determined that the teenager had been raped and strangled to death.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
She had been raped and strangled.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
They are mistreated, raped, killed.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
The women, prosecutors say, were often drugged before they were raped.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Giuffre claims in the book that she was raped three total imes by Prince Andrew.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
An Arizona biker is on trial facing the death penalty for a 2014 attack that killed one woman and left another raped and wounded.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Edwards had been raped and strangled.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Police determined that the teenager had been raped and strangled to death.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
She had been raped and strangled.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raped
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Along with the legal near-miss, the staff report found that Chua’s actions violated several city codes, including by directing a staff member without going through the city manager and by improperly calling a meeting.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Separately, two Russian aircraft flying from Kaliningrad violated Lithuanian airspace near Kybartai on Thursday, two Lithuanian officials told NBC News.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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The girl was between the ages of 4 and 10 when she was assaulted.—
Ryanne Mena,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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Thursday morning, when a Towson University student notified police that they had been assaulted in Parking Lot 11 on campus, the university said in a statement to Fox News Digital.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Raped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raped. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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