as in violating
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 raping
Federal immigration officials are urging New York authorities not to release a 59-year-old Salvadoran national accused of raping a 16-year-old girl on Long Island, warning that he should be turned over to ICE if released from local custody.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
In a series of interviews with detectives, Jackman ultimately admitted to raping 32 women in Kansas City.
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Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Mystikal has received a 20-year prison sentence for raping a woman at his Louisiana home in 2022, Associated Press reports.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
Rapper Mystikal was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping a woman in his Louisiana home.
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Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2026
The sheriff said Lawhead was sentenced to spend 19 years in prison for brutally attacking a 71-year-old grandmother and raping her 11-year-old granddaughter in 1980 in Sacramento County.
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
Rapper Mystikal has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a woman at his Louisiana home in 2022.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Rapper Mystikal, real name Michael Tyler, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a woman in 2022 at his Louisiana home.
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Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
Enslavement or freedom was passed down to the child through the mother, meaning white men could augment a workforce trafficked from Africa by raping with impunity and enslaving their offspring.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
In a series of interviews with detectives, Jackman ultimately admitted to raping 32 women in Kansas City.
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Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Mystikal has received a 20-year prison sentence for raping a woman at his Louisiana home in 2022, Associated Press reports.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
Rapper Mystikal was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping a woman in his Louisiana home.
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Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2026
The sheriff said Lawhead was sentenced to spend 19 years in prison for brutally attacking a 71-year-old grandmother and raping her 11-year-old granddaughter in 1980 in Sacramento County.
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
Rapper Mystikal has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a woman at his Louisiana home in 2022.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Rapper Mystikal, real name Michael Tyler, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a woman in 2022 at his Louisiana home.
—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
Enslavement or freedom was passed down to the child through the mother, meaning white men could augment a workforce trafficked from Africa by raping with impunity and enslaving their offspring.
—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raping
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Then, in November of 2024, Amazon suspended his account for allegedly violating the company’s product review policies.
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An Idaho man argues in a pair of tort claims that Idaho law enforcement agencies are violating state law by letting an artificial intelligence security company train its algorithm with data collected in Caldwell, Wilder and other cities.
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Previously, Jackman had been convicted of a series of rapes in California, assaulting 20 people in Orange County in 1975 and 1976.
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Police accused the singer of assaulting the officers who were trying to take him into custody.
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“Raping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raping. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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