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raping

/ˈreɪpɪŋ/

rapinggerund / present participle

/ˈreɪ.pɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe a person or group that commits rape

Definitions

Committing rape; engaging in the act of rape.

The raping troops left devastation in their wake.

rapingnoun

rapings

Translations

изнасилование

The victim reported the raping to the police.

Жертва сообщила об изнасиловании в полицию.

Definitions

The act of forcing someone to have sexual intercourse against their will.

The court case involved a serious charge of raping.

rapeverb

raping

Gerund

raped

Past Simple

raped

Past Participle

raping

Gerund

/reɪp/

Translations

насиловать

He was arrested for attempting to rape someone.

Его арестовали за попытку кого-то насиловать.

Additional translations

осквернять

Definitions

To force someone to have sexual intercourse against their will.

The criminal was arrested for attempting to rape the victim.

To plunder or despoil (a place) in a violent or ruthless manner.

The invaders raped the countryside, leaving little untouched.

Synonyms

rapenoun

Definitions

The crime of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse against their will.

The victim reported the rape to the authorities immediately.

A plant of the cabbage family with bright yellow flowers, grown as a crop for its oil-rich seed and as animal fodder; also known as rapeseed.

The fields were filled with the vibrant yellow blooms of rape in the spring.

A violent or destructive seizure, violation, or plundering of a place, object, or abstract entity.

Environmentalists protested the rape of the rainforest by illegal loggers.

A historical administrative subdivision of the county of Sussex in England.

In medieval times, Sussex was divided into six rapes, including the Rape of Arundel.

rapeadjective

Definitions

Relating to or involving the crime of rape.

The city established a rape prevention program.

Relating to the plant rape (rapeseed) or its products.

Farmers were encouraged to expand rape cultivation for biofuel production.