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 Prosecutors, relying on testimony from Diehl, say that Pham and Salerno raped and stabbed Collins, too. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026 Doe says she was plied with drugs and alcohol and gang-raped by the men during a party at the Chi Phi fraternity house in 2024. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Despite telling police definitively that she had been raped, the report Ithaca police sent to the district attorney omitted this language. — Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 Authorities now say that man, identified as Clark, held the victim against her will in his home and raped her. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 According to an attorney’s clemency request, he’s been repeatedly beaten and raped during his 50 years in prison. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Greene-Placentia said she was attacked, subdued and then woke up to find that she was being raped by an unknown assailant. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 Gangs have also kidnapped more than 230 people and raped over 1,000 women and girls during that time period. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Earlier this week, the New York governor called for a third-party investigation into Cornell over its internal investigation into the seven fraternity members who allegedly raped Jane Doe in 2024. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raped
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  • In a victory for the journalists, Kelly expanded a previous, temporary ruling that the administration had violated the news outlets' Fifth Amendment right to due process.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Nevertheless, even if the amendments had met the threshold and passed, the WIAA cannot implement a policy that is in violation of Washington state law and the amendments proposed would have violated state law.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
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  • The woman tried to intervene as her father was being assaulted, and Gonzalez also allegedly attacked her, authorities said.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The alum who asked not to be named alleged more than five years ago that she was assaulted by a male classmate – a student who had already been the subject of another Title IX complaint less than a year earlier.
    — Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Raped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raped. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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