| 单词 | sexual assault |
| 释义 | > as lemmassexual assault sexual assault n. the action or an act of forcing an unconsenting person to engage in sexual activity; a rape; (Law) a crime involving forced sexual contact, variously defined as inclusive or exclusive of rape. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > offence involving sex sexual offence1840 sexual assault1883 sex crime1906 sex offence1910 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > indecent assault indecent assault1861 sexual assault1883 sexual interference1932 molestation1945 interference1968 1883 E. C. Mann Man. Psychol. Med. viii. 127 There may be suicidal or homicidal impulses.., or sexual assaults may be made. 1944 Times 23 May 2/7 In making a sexual assault, the apellant's intention in pulling the girl's scarf around her neck was to keep her from struggling or screaming. 1977 Off our Backs (Electronic ed.) 31 Aug. 3 The case involved a youth who pleaded no contest to a charge of second-degree sexual assault (fondling/touching) of a girl. 1989 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 19 Mar. 11 d [The girl] became pregnant in a rape... Two suspects have been charged with first-degree criminal sexual assault. 2003 Independent on Sunday 29 June 15/1 Use of the drug dubbed ‘liquid ecstasy’, which has been used in numerous drug-assisted rapes and sexual assaults, will be outlawed. < as lemmas |
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