Synonyms of raping

raping

verb

present participle of rape

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violating
• assaulting
• forcing
• ravishing
• molesting
• deflowering
• date raping
• gang raping
• pawing
• defiling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of raping

Arthur lost custody of her children after their stepfather was indicted for raping Acton. — Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

In a statement released by Acton's campaign, her brother, Philip Stearns, said the two were removed from their mother Donna Arthur's custody as children after their stepfather, Arthur's husband, was indicted for raping Acton as a child. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Oren is charged with raping one woman in Miami Beach in 2017. — Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

Russell Brand encouraged a woman to swap phone numbers after allegedly orally raping her in the toilet of a London bar, a court has heard. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026

Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune, was released from prison on parole over the weekend, more than 20 years after he was convicted of drugging and raping three women. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Pacciani was given a life sentence for killing six of the eight couples and also found guilty of raping his two daughters. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Black is currently embroiled in a civil lawsuit accusing him of raping a teenage girl inside Epstein’s New York home in 2002. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Oct. 2026

John Bennett, who was hanged at Fort Leavenworth in 1961 for raping and attempting to murder an 11-year-old girl in Austria. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026