rape

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) 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; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
2. (countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable) 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. (countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable) An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.
4. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) That which is snatched away.
7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.

Verb

1. (transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
2. (intransitive, transitive) 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. (offensive, slang, sometimes) To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.
6. (offensive, slang, sometimes) To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.
7. (offensive, slang, sometimes) To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.

Verb

To make haste; to hasten or hurry.

Adv

Quickly; hastily.

Synonyms

violate

ravish

assault

violation

colza

ravishment

abuse

spoil

rapeseed

force

dishonor

outrage

sexual assault

defile

rapine

make love

plunder

molest

dishonour

canola

Brassica napus

deflower

kidnap

ruin

pillage

seize

sexually assault

despoil

ferocious

overpower

perpetrate

poach

pollute

ransack

ravage

ravaging

rifle

rip off

rutabaga

sack

scrounge

snap

snatch

strain

swede

taint

take

terrorize

turnip

tyrannical

Translations

viol

Vergewaltigung

vergewaltigen

violar

violación

violer

stupro

estupro

Raps

colza

violació

violentare

violare

schänden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹeɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rapen

Cognate with Swedish: rappa

Cognate with Low German: rapen

Cognate with Dutch: rapen

Cognate with Lithuanian: reikėti

Cognate with Dutch: reep

Cognate with Old High German: raspōn

Cognate with Old English: ġehrespan

In summary

From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from Etymology 3, an Old Norse word.