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1. Force (someone) to have sex against their will
   "The woman was raped on her way home at night";
   - ravish [archaic], violate, assault, dishonor [US, archaic], dishonour [Brit, Cdn, archaic], outrage
    
2. Destroy and strip of its possession
   "The soldiers raped the beautiful country";
   - spoil, despoil, violate, plunder

1. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
   - colza, Brassica napus, oilseed rape, canola [N. Amer]
    
2. The act of despoiling a country in warfare
   - rapine
    
3. The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
   - violation, assault, ravishment

Derived forms: raped, rapes, raping

Type of: abuse, assail, assault, attack, destroy, mustard, pillage, pillaging, plundering, ruin, set on, sex crime, sex offence [Brit, Cdn], sex offense [US], sexual abuse, sexual assault

Part of: Brassica, genus Brassica

Encyclopedia: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network