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Meaning of rape

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rape
      n 1: Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
           [syn: {rape}, {colza}, {Brassica napus}]
      2: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: {rape},
         {rapine}]
      3: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
         against her will [syn: {rape}, {violation}, {assault},
         {ravishment}]
      v 1: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
           was raped on her way home at night" [syn: {rape}, {ravish},
           {violate}, {assault}, {dishonor}, {dishonour}, {outrage}]
      2: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
         beautiful country" [syn: {rape}, {spoil}, {despoil},
         {violate}, {plunder}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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