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
Taylor Cadle, 22, alleged in a lawsuit that Polk County Sheriff's Office personnel, including Sheriff Grady Judd and investigator Melissa Turnage, accused her of lying to investigators, forcing her to write apology notes to her adoptive father who had been raping her for years.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
He was convicted of raping and killing a 6-year-old girl in 1979 after entering through a window and abducting her from her central Florida home.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The 49-year-old is currently serving 30 years to life behind bars after he was found guilty of raping two women in his Hollywood-area home in 2003, amid the height of his sitcom fame.
—Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
No Haitians have been convicted of raping underage girls in, what, two whole weeks now.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Bijou Phillips wants to have her daughter's last name changed, dropping Masterson from it after her father, Danny Masterson, was convicted of raping two women in May 2023.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
An Arizona biker facing the death penalty went on trial this week, charged with killing one woman and raping another who was left bleeding on a deserted Phoenix street in 2014.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
In February 1997, Benjamin is accused of raping two women inside their home at gunpoint.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
An archaic Kentucky law had been brought out of hiding in 1920 when Will Lockett, a Black man, was convicted and sentenced to die for raping a nine-year-old white girl from Lexington.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
He was convicted of raping and killing a 6-year-old girl in 1979 after entering through a window and abducting her from her central Florida home.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The 49-year-old is currently serving 30 years to life behind bars after he was found guilty of raping two women in his Hollywood-area home in 2003, amid the height of his sitcom fame.
—Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
No Haitians have been convicted of raping underage girls in, what, two whole weeks now.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Bijou Phillips wants to have her daughter's last name changed, dropping Masterson from it after her father, Danny Masterson, was convicted of raping two women in May 2023.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
An Arizona biker facing the death penalty went on trial this week, charged with killing one woman and raping another who was left bleeding on a deserted Phoenix street in 2014.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
In February 1997, Benjamin is accused of raping two women inside their home at gunpoint.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
An archaic Kentucky law had been brought out of hiding in 1920 when Will Lockett, a Black man, was convicted and sentenced to die for raping a nine-year-old white girl from Lexington.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raping
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In September, Nevada’s Bureau of Water Pollution Control fined the company nearly $250,000 for violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years, including for spilling untreated groundwater onto public roads and not reporting it to authorities, ProPublica first reported.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Council President Joe LaCava simply gave a hand-slap to Surf Cup for violating the deed restrictions, granting it the right to continue with commercial use.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Martinez and Ruiz were present in court Wednesday and both have entered not guilty pleas to a federal charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.—
Omar Jimenez,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dunn is charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Raping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raping. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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