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sex offense
sex offensen. A criminal sexual act.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | sex offense - a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"sex crime, sexual abuse, sexual assaultmolestation - the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)ravishment, rape, assault, violation - the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her willregulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense - crimes created by statutes and not by common lawlaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
sex offense
Synonyms for sex offensenoun a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threatSynonyms- sex crime
- sexual abuse
- sexual assault
Related Words- molestation
- ravishment
- rape
- assault
- violation
- regulatory offence
- regulatory offense
- statutory offence
- statutory offense
- law
- jurisprudence
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