Thesaurus results for RAPED

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 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 However, in October of that year, the woman was left alone and unsupervised when a man who also lived at the facility entered her room and raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last year in Cook County on the woman’s behalf, charging negligence by Albany Care. —

Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 Shortly after her kidnapping, Phillip raped Jaycee and would continue to do so for years. —

Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 According to his own brother’s testimony, Sochor raped and murdered Gifford, then hid her body, which has never been found. —

Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2026 Tens of thousands drowned, while others were raped, robbed, and murdered by pirates, finding vulnerable prey. —

Elizabeth Holtzman, Time, 9 June 2026 After the brothers were arrested in Romania, the journalists Jamie Tahsin and Matt Shea reported on the women’s stories for Vice News, and another woman said that she, too, had been strangled and raped by Tate in 2014. —

Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 Outspoken Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania (The Voice of Hind Rajab, Four Daughters, The Man Who Sold His Skin) has made genre-bending films about women joining ISIS and police chasing down Muslim women who’ve been raped. —

Jada Yuan, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026

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Verb

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.

— Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 June 2026
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.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026