Definition of "rape" in inglés

noun

1. The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on, perpetrated by, or forced to penetrate any being.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:rape.

2. (slang, sometimes offensive) An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.

3. (now rare) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.

   • the Rape of Nanjing

4. (now archaic) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.

5. (obsolete) That which is snatched away.

6. (obsolete) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.

verb

1. (chiefly transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.)

3. (transitive) To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.

4. (transitive) To plunder, to destroy or despoil.

5. (slang, sometimes offensive) To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.

noun

1. (now historical) One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.

   • It seems to me very clear that the rapes of Sussex were divisions already existing there when the Normans landed.

verb

1. (obsolete, intransitive or reflexive) To make haste; to hasten or hurry.

noun

1. (obsolete) Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.

adverb

1. (obsolete) Quickly; hastily.

noun

1. Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.

noun

1. The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.

2. A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.

3. (obsolete) Fruit plucked in a bunch.

   • a rape of grapes