raped

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 What will Alice do with the footage of herself being raped found on Easton’s computer? Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026 At the time, Laura’s father had not been told his daughter was allegedly raped and killed by Hedrick. Holly Yan, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Oxendine allegedly went into the woman's apartment and raped her. Adam Thompson, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 After Madeline’s birthday, Jane is forced to have a difficult conversation with Ziggy after Amabella, Renata’s daughter, tells her that Perry raped Jane. Matt Minton, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 According to a detective’s testimony at a preliminary hearing, Thomas raped a 15-year-old girl while forcing her to insult Blythe Street. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Marolt came into the bedroom and raped the victim, the news release said. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 21 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
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  • The core of the Teamsters’ petition against the DMV is the claim that regulators violated the California Administrative Procedure Act by failing to complete an extensive study of the economic and practical impact of the policy change.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Meta also lost a separate social-media case brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, after a court found that the company violated the state's child-safety laws and ordered it to pay over $900 million in penalties.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
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  • The 28-year-old’s mother allegedly claimed in a complaint to police that, on July 3, Kaur had been abducted by two acquaintances, assaulted, tied to a tree and set on fire, the outlets reported.
    Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • On Tuesday, Rolling Stone reported that a local court cited former Below Deck Med star Gael Cameron, with whom Gallagher shares a child , as the woman allegedly assaulted by Gallagher.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Raped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raped. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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