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raped

verb

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 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 The report claimed Doe did tell Cornell police officers that she was raped, but that information did not make its way into the voluntary statement the department sent to the district attorney's office. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Records detail a Cornell fraternity brother’s account of the night a woman alleges she was raped. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 Women should be able to drink at a party without being raped. — Jennifer Obel, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Matheson's 22-year-old daughter, Molly Jane, was raped and murdered in 2017. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Roro is beaten and raped for seven months while trapped by the Libyan militia. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 Doe claims more men showed up and that she was raped for hours. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 An 18-year-old woman was bound and raped by a man inside his Queens apartment more than a year ago, and a suspect has now been arrested, police and law enforcement sources said Friday. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026

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In September, a drone that violated Lithuanian airspace was shot down over the nation’s territory for the first time, following similar incidents in Latvia and Estonia.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 9 Oct. 2026
The release of the footage comes after the Virginian-Pilot and the Daily Press filed a motion earlier this year for it to be unsealed, arguing that keeping it from the public violated the First Amendment.

— Juan Benn Jr, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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According to the Public Defender's Office, officers falsely claimed that Gibson had assaulted them by biting, punching, and wrapping a radio cord around an officer's neck, claims later refuted by video evidence.

— Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Large private surveys of students at multiple colleges consistently estimate that 1 in 5 college women are assaulted while attending university.

— Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

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