Rape | Mean of rape in English Dictionary

/ˈreɪp/

• Verb
• to force (someone) to have sex with you by using violence or the threat of violence
1. He is accused of raping the girl.
2. She was raped by a fellow student.
• Noun
• the crime of forcing someone to have sex with you by using violence or the threat of violence
1. He has been charged with (committing) rape.
2. There has been a decrease in the number of reported rapes.
3. a rape trial [=the trial of someone who has been accused of rape]
4. rape victims
• the act of ruining or destroying something
1. the rape of the land
2. the rape of privacy

• a plant that is grown as food for farm animals and as a source of oil
1. rape oil