The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
statutory rape — n: rape consisting of sexual intercourse with a person beneath an age (as 14 years) specified by statute ◇ Many state statutes also specify a minimum age of the perpetrator or an age differential (as at least four years) between the perpetrator… … Law dictionary
rape — I noun abuse, assault, constupration, defilement, defloration, depredation, despoliation, forcible violation, pillage, plunder, plunderage, rapere, rapine, ravage, ravishment, seduction, sexual assault, spoliation, stupration, violation… … Law dictionary
Rape by gender — This article classifies types of rape by the sex of both the rapist and the victim. The scope of the article includes both rape and sexual violence more generally. Since only a small percentage of acts of sexual violence are brought to the… … Wikipedia
statutory rape — noun sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly) • Syn: ↑carnal abuse • Hypernyms: ↑rape, ↑violation, ↑assault, ↑ravishment * * * noun, pl ⋯ rapes [count,… … Useful english dictionary
rape — rape1 [rāp] n. [ME, prob. < the v.] 1. a) the crime of engaging in sexual acts, esp. involving penetration of the vagina or anus, usually forcibly, with a person who has not consented; specif., this crime committed by a man upon a woman or… … English World dictionary
statutory rape — n law the crime of having sex with someone who is younger than a particular age … Dictionary of contemporary English
statutory rape — noun count AMERICAN the crime of having sex with a person who the law says is too young to have sex … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
statutory rape — n. the crime of having sexual intercourse with a person below the AGE OF CONSENT (sense 2) … English World dictionary
statutory — “pertaining to statues,” 1766, from STATUTE (Cf. statute) + ORY (Cf. ory). Statutory rape attested from 1898 … Etymology dictionary
rape — [n] defilement; a forced sexual assault abduction, abuse, criminal attack, depredation, despoilment, despoliation, forcible violation, maltreatment, molestation, pillage, plunder, plundering, rapine, spoliation, statutory offense, violation;… … New thesaurus
