Thesaurus results for 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

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Recent Examples of raping An Oroville man and accused cult leader was sentenced to 225 years in prison Tuesday for molesting four young girls and raping two women from the group, authorities said. —

Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo 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. —

Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026 Raymond Lunn, 31, has been held in prison without bond since his arrest in October 2025 after nearly raping a student at JHU. —

Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 7 June 2026 The Parole Board noted that Hawksley denies raping the boy, and there are other potential victims who never got justice. —

Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026 John Bennett was put to death after being convicted of raping and attempting to murder an 11-year-old girl. —

Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2026 Timothy Hennis, a former master sergeant who worked on parachutes in the 82nd Airborne Division, was convicted in 1986 in North Carolina state court of raping a woman and murdering her and two of her daughters. —

Steve Beynon, ABC News, 6 June 2026 Nuñez then began raping her while Jones stuffed rocks in her mouth to try to stop her from screaming, detectives said in the report. —

Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 The men were accused by 17-year-old Norma Padgett of raping her in the backseat of her and her husband’s car on July 16, 1949. —

Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026

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This is the justification for killing people, which, by the way, does not sound that different from the justifications governments offer for violating people’s human rights.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 17 June 2026
The group sued to block the probe, alleging the agency was violating its First Amendment rights.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026